A Sampling of Clips for December 10^th, 2008

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Lung Cancer Vaccine May Offer Hope for Patients 
KPBS, Dec. 10 -- There is no cure for advanced lung cancer. Patients usually die within a year of being diagnosed. But there could be some hope on the horizon. A San Diego biotech company has developed a vaccine it hopes will extend the lives of lung cancer patients. The vaccine has shown promise in early tests. It's now in the final phase of clinical trials at the UCSD Medical Center. More

Memorial Bench at UCSD Honors Navy Seal and other Fallen Vets
San Diego6, Dec. 10 -- A recently installed memorial bench and plaque at UCSD honors an alumnus killed while serving in Afghanistan five years ago, campus officials said Tuesday. More

Remembering H.M. and his Fascinating, Damaged Brain
Discover Magazine, Dec. 10 -- The most famous neuroscience patient and test subject died last week, and the researchers who worked with him say they’ll never forget the man who never remembered them. Even in death, Henry Molaison will continue to help science–his brain is being preserved and shipped to the Brain Observatory at UCSD. More

Zacharon Aspires to Create a New Class of Drugs, Glycan-Blockers
Xconomy, Dec. 10 -- Most drugs act by interfering with signaling proteins in cells or receptors on cell surfaces. San Diego-based Zacharon Pharmaceuticals has a different idea, by trying to interrupt the complex carbohydrates known as glycans, that can alter the function of proteins. Zacharon got its start in 2004, founded by Charles Glass, a former scientist at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Insitute in La Jolla, CA, and Jeff Esko, a researcher at UCSD. More

New San Diego Councilmembers Sworn In
KPBS, Dec 8 -- San Diegans who attended the swearing-in ceremony for their newly elected city council members got a taste of the different personalities who’ll be on the dais. Today they’ll find out what kind of leadership the new council will have. (Quotes UCSD economics professor Ross Star, who was on Donna Frye’s fiscal advisory committee) More

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