A Sampling of Clips for
May 10, 2005
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Effective
Stroke Drug Underused
ABC News, May 9-A clot-dissolving
drug called tissue plasminogen activator is as effective in
real-life settings as it has been in clinical trials, Canadian
researchers report. (Quote by Justin A. Zivin,
a professor of neurosciences at UCSD.) More
Same article
appeared in:
Forbes,
May 9
University
of California Service Workers Approve Contract
San Diego Daily Transcript, May 9-Service
workers at the University of California announced Monday a vote
to accept a new three-year union contract with UC that includes
wage increases. More
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article appeared in:
San
Diego Union-Tribune, May 10
Little Microbe
Inside Sea Squirt Makes Big Splash
Innovations Report, May 9-Sea squirts
around the world are breathing a sigh of relief, as they no
longer run the risk of being harvested for their natural disease-fighting
substances. Scientists from UCSD, The Institute
for Genomic Research and the University of Utah recently discovered
that the bacterium Prochloron didemnii, which lives symbiotically
inside the sea squirt, actually produces the desired patellamides,
compounds that may one day be used in cancer treatment. More
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article appeared in:
Medical
News Today, May 10
Competition
Closes for Stem Cell Research HQ
San Diego Business Journal, May 9-In what
seemed like a marathon dominated by one strong contender - San
Francisco - with Sacramento and San Diego in close pursuit,
the statewide competition to land the headquarters for California's
new stem cell institute was expected to end May 6, after the
San Diego Business Journal's press time. More
Turning
Up the Tunes Can Damage your Hearing
KFMB, May 9-First there was the walkman
and then the portable CD player. Now Ipods and digital music
players are keeping people connected to their music. But while
they may be easy to use, these devices can also increase your
risk of developing hearing loss. (Quote by Doctor Quinton
Gopen with UCSD Healthcare.) More
Doctors
Unveil New Treatments for Chronic Pain
Channel 10 News, San Diego, May 9-Pain
is a part of daily life for many of us. People who suffer from
chronic pain are desperate to find relief. (Quote by Mark
Wallace, a researcher at UCSD.) More
Salvadoran
President Begins
Five-Day U.S. Visit to Support CAFTA
Miami Herald, May 9-El Salvador's President
Elias Antonio Saca began a five-day U.S. tour Monday to promote
a trade agreement being debated in Congress that would remove
trade barriers between the United States and Central America.
Saca visited Los Angeles, home to thousands of Salvadoran immigrants,
and then traveled to San Diego, where he met with U.S. Rep.
Susan Davis and spoke at UCSD. More
College
Admissions and the SAT: A Personal Perspective
Voice of San Diego, May 10-Last March,
the College Board unveiled the newly revised SAT, which now
features an essay and other additions suggested by the author
Richard Atkinson, the former president of the University of
California. He played an integral role in reshaping the national
standardized test. More
It's Raining
Shrimp? Get Sauce
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell,
May 10-"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." That's
the name of a children's book about the strange town of Chewandswallow
where it rains soup and snows mashed potatoes. All the town's
food is delivered by the weather. (Quote by Bob Burhans,
curator of the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography.) More
