A Sampling of Clips for August 28^th, 2008

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Gene Linked to 'Dry' Macular Degeneration
The Washington Post, Aug. 28 -- Scientists from the United States and China, led by a UCSD eye researcher, have identified the first gene directly associated with the onset of severe "dry" macular degeneration, one of two forms of age-related macular degeneration that currently threatens the vision of up to nine million older Americans. More

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Manny Farber: Termite of Genius
TIME Magazine, Aug. 26 -- As a painter and a movie critic, Manny Farber, who died at 91 last week, was the enemy of the ornate, the long-winded, the self-important. Farber taught at UCSD for almost two decades before he retired. More

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Drivers to Continue Conserving Gas, Even as Prices Fall
Reuters, Aug. 28 -- Motorists faced with $4 gasoline have embraced conservation and consumers are unlikely to easily return to their old gas-guzzling ways now that pump prices are retreating from record levels. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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The Guardian, U.K.

Scientists Reprogram Adult Cells' Function
The Washington Post, Aug. 28 -- Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a variety of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires associated with embryonic stem cell research. (Quotes Lawrence Goldstein, a stem cell researcher at UCSD) More

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MIT Technology Review

UCSD Trauma Surgeon Urges Prevention First
KPBS, Aug. 27 - Not a lot of med students want to go into trauma care these days. A lot of other specialties pay better. And being a trauma doctor is a life of working long late hours, and spending much of your off time being on call for emergencies. These Days host Tom Fudge talks to Dr. Raul Coimbra, chief of UCSD's Trauma Center, about the issue. More

Conrad Prebys Music Center taking shape at UCSD
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 28 -- A new $53 million state-of-the-art music building with a 400-seat recital hall will enrich UCSD’s performing arts program. As prominent as this project will be, it is but one of the many projects touched by philanthropist and developer Conrad Prebys. More

Protecting Oceans Now a Regional Quest
La Jolla Light, Aug. 27 -- The governors of California, Oregon and Washington pledged to better protect and manage the ocean and coastal resources when they signed the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health in 2006. "It's a great step," said Tony Haymet, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "It capitalizes on things done before and takes them to another level." More

Festival of the Book Features Miniature Books
La Jolla Light, Aug. 27 -- San Diego Book Arts, San Diego Libraries and UCSD are co-sponsoring Festival of the Book, a series of exhibitions, lectures and a film screening to celebrate handmade and rare books. More

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