A Sampling of Clips for December 17^th, 2008

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New Genetic Analysis Might Boost Breast Cancer Care
The Washington Post, Dec. 16 -- Examining subnetworks of genetic activity in a patient's tumor better predicts the spread of breast cancer than conventional techniques, researchers say. UCSD scientists, working with Korean researchers, used bioinformatic algorithms to identify these subnetworks. They then mapped the gene activity to the many networks of signaling pathways and protein complexes that prior research had found in human cells. More

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On the Home Front
Nature, Dec. 17 -- California has been long recognized as a leader on climate policy, both on the home front and even internationally. It passed its first climate bill twenty years ago and just last week, the state adopted the nation's most sweeping climate action plan to date, pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2020. (Quotes Dan Cayan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Methane Levels Increasing Worldwide: Study
ABC Science Online, Australia, Dec. 16 -- Methane levels in the atmosphere have started to rise after almost eight years of near-zero growth, an international study says. The study, which involved CISRO, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Bristol, says the rise in methane concentrations is due in part to increased methane releases in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. More

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SDSU Gets Joint Grant for Cancer Research
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 17 — The federal government has given $15 million to San Diego State and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center to jointly study why some ethnic groups have higher rates of certain cancers and to train minority students for future research in the field. More

With Water Cuts Near, Freeways Still Get Showered
Voice of San Diego, Dec. 17 -- Last year, almost 1 percent of the city of San Diego's drinking water supply -- 635 million gallons -- got sprayed on freeway shoulders to keep plants green. (Quotes John Dilliott, energy and utilities manager for UCSD) More

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