A Sampling of Clips for
March 27, 2003
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Alzheimer's
researchers see promise in gene put into mice
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 27 –
Gene therapy experiments in mice have reduced damaging plaques
in brain tissue found in Alzheimer's disease, a discovery that
could someday lead to new treatments for the devastating illness.
A study involving the Salk Institute and the University
of California, San Diego and the University of Kentucky
suggests that transferring the gene neprilysininto the brains
of people suffering from Alzheimer's may provide an effective
way to treat the disease. (Quotes Eliezer Masliah,
a UCSD professor of neuroscience).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_7m27brain.html
Article also appeared in:
Copley News Service,
Mar. 27
Enemy mind
is ground zero
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 26 –
Experts say objective of phychological operations or “psyops”
is a mental victory. Waging war – or more precisely, winning
one – is also about prevailing in mental conflict, about
making the other guy think the fight is lost, preferably before
it has begun. Dr. Ansar Haroun, a professor
at University of California, San Diego, explains
that accurately assessing the persuasive power of leaflets or
most psyops endeavors is difficult.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/homefront/20030326-9999_1c26psych.html
Article also appeared in:
Copley News Service,
Mar. 26
Panel urges
NASA to replace shuttle
Ventura County Star, Mar. 21 –
Members of NASA's Advisory Council complained Thursday that
the agency's decision to build an orbital space plane rather
than a full-fledged replacement for the space shuttle betrayed
a lack of vision for the future of the nation's space program.
The council, 28 business executives, academics and others interested
in space, will ultimately issue a report on the proposed space
plane -- a four-passenger orbiter that would be boosted into
space by an expendable rocket and is scheduled to be operational
in 2012. (Quotes Dr. Larry Smarr of the University
of California, San Diego and Dr. Charles F.
Kennel with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/national/article/0,1375,VCS_123_1828948,00.html
Article also appeared in:
Centre
Daily Times, Mar. 20
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/5442795.htm
