A Sampling of Clips for 
May 14, 2004

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Genes with Role in Forming Cilia Linked to Ailments
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 -- UCSD biologists have identified genes linked to infertility, blindness, kidney disease and lung disorders, a finding that could someday lead to new treatments for these and other ailments. The 40 genes play roles in the formation of cilia, hair-like protrusions on the surface of cells that are critical to human health. (Quote by Charles S. Zuker, a UCSD professor biology and of neurosciences who headed the study.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040514-9999-7m14cilia.html

Sizing Up Erosion
High-tech Scanner Gives Scientists a 3-D Look at Fragile Coastal Bluffs
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 - The quest for better knowledge about San Diego County's eroding coastline went high-tech this week as researchers recorded three-dimensional images of sea bluffs using a sophisticated laser scanner. The high-resolution images represent the most detailed baseline data on the condition of sea bluff faces ever done in North County, said researcher Adam Young, a graduate student at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. The bluff scans are part of a three-year, $250,000 research project headed by UCSD professor Scott Ashford that will compare the effectiveness of various types of coastal armoring.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040514-9999-7m14erode.html

Study Finds Sharks, Tuna Built Nearly Same
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 14 -- Sharks and tuna are built for speed from the inside out and in nearly identical ways - despite taking very different paths up the evolutionary ladder, San Diego scientists have found. In the first study of its kind, scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography studied the muscle dynamics of live mako sharks, powerful predators that rely on fast and continuous motion. (Quote by Scripps researcher Jeanine Donley and Robert Shadwick, a professor in the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040514-9999-1m14shark.html

UNC Leaders Plan Review of Chancellor Pay
The News Observer, May 14 - North Carolina State University leaders will review chancellor pay as they look for a successor for the departing chancellor of the state's largest public university. North Carolina State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox is leaving North Carolina for the University of California, San Diego, where she will earn $350,000 a year.
http://www.newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/3587308p-3188652c.html