UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
March 23 ^rd, 2007

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Global-warming Soot
Over West Coast Traced to Asia
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 23 – More than 75 percent of the atmosphere-warming soot over the West Coast in spring is coming from Asia, according to a study by researchers at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Targeting a 'Masterterrorist'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, March 23 -- Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a target of recent U.S. air strikes in Somalia, is one of America's most wanted men in Africa. While much of the world's attention is focused on Iraq and Afghanistan, the manhunt for Fazul is revealing how counterproductive counterterror can be. (Written by Jeremy Prestholdt, an assistant professor of African history at UCSD) More

'Supercomputer' Holds Key to Alzheimer's?
UPI, March 22 -- A "supercomputer" is being harnessed by U.S. scientists to help pinpoint the causes of neurological disease like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The massive machine has already been used by scientists at UCSD to map out a model of how a protein called alpha-synuclein damages cells by creating structures on human membranes that resemble rings or pores. More

Study: Peptide Can Reduce MS Symptoms
UPI, March 22 -- U.S. scientists have identified a fibrin-derived peptide that inhibits a specific inflammation process in mouse models of multiple sclerosis. UCSD researchers say the fibrous protein called fibrinogen, found in circulating blood and important in blood clotting, can promote multiple sclerosis when it leaks from the blood into the brain, triggering inflammation that leads to MS-related nerve damage. More

Southern in Title Game
Hartford Courant, Conn., March 23 -- Kate Lynch scored 22 points and Southern Connecticut held UCSD without a basket for more than 10 minutes in the second half Thursday to advance to the NCAA Division II championship game with a 67-53 victory. More

Deaths Prompt Review
of State's Diving Program
Contra Costa Times, March 23 - An independent task force will examine the safety of a state diving program after two divers were killed last month while inspecting a section of the California Aqueduct, Department of Water Resources director Lester Snow said Thursday. The task force will be led by Jim Stewart, the former chief diving officer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, who trained state divers during his 30-year year tenure at the school. More

Living with Cancer
FOX6 News, March 22 -- Elizabeth Edwards is defiant. She'll stay on the campaign trail, supporting her husband's bid for the White House, despite the return of her cancer which has spread to her bones. Doctors at UCSD's Moores Cancer Center says the treatment for her cancer will be less taxing than the chemotherapy she underwent back in 2004, so she will likely be able to continue campaigning. More