A Sampling of Clips for
July 21, 2005
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Girl with Fatal Disease
Makes Full Recovery
Channel 10 News, San Diego,
July 20-A girl born with a rare liver condition has defied all
odds. Her family calls it a miracle, and her doctors at Children's
Hospital couldn't agree more. (Quote by Dr. Ajai Khanna,
UCSD-Children's transplant surgeon.) More
Judge Halts
Strike by Nurses at UC
San Francisco Chronicle, July 21-A
Sacramento judge has temporarily halted a one-day strike by
as many as 9,000 registered nurses planned for today at University
of California medical centers. (Mentions UCSD.)
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article appeared in:
San
Diego Union-Tribune, July 21
Drawing
with DNA:
'Bioart' Illuminates Genomics
Innovations Report, July 21-On any
given day, tens of thousands of biologists around the globe
run DNA sequences of unknown function through a lightning-fast
online algorithm called BLAST - typically submitting 200 to
400 base pairs, or "letters" of genetic code, to be
matched against the billions of letters for known genes. Searching
for similarities that can shed light on functional or evolutionary
relationships, scientists routinely use BLAST to churn through
and produce vast amounts of data. (Refers to research by UCSD.)
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UCSD Cancer
Center Wins Research Grant
San Diego Daily Transcript, July 20-The
Moores UCSD Cancer Center announced Wednesday
that researchers will conduct studies for development of a skin
test to detect prostate cancer and predict its progress. More
Lights Up
On Next Act of San Diego's Drama
Sacramento Bee, July 20-Environmentalist
and populist mayor candidate Donna Frye, is leading in the polls
over former San Diego Police Chief Jerry Sanders in a crowded
field for Tuesday's special election to select a new mayor to
rescue a scandal-plagued city government. (Quote by Thad
Kousser, a political science professor at UCSD.)
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San Diego,
Phoenix: Two Growth Formulas
Arizona Central, July 21-These are
hard times for San Diego politics. Yet the city's economy is
doing fine. It's hard to imagine a similar scenario in Phoenix.
(Refers to UCSD.) More
People Make
a Difference
Voice of San Diego, Neil Morgan,
July 21-Twice in a row now it has worked. If a Chancellor performs
with distinction at UCSD, he moves on to Oakland
to live in Blake House and run the whole thing, the world's
largest university spread up and down the nation's most populous
state, the University of California, a behemoth of 200,000 students,
130,000 employees and a $19 billion budget. More
