A Sampling of Clips for 
May 01, 2003

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Studies Show Why Staph is a Powerful Adversary
Wall Street Journal, Apr. 30 – A study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine show how a staph infection shuts down the body’s immune response. According to the study, one reason why the bacteria are so difficult to control with modern drugs may be that in addition to outwitting the human immune system, the microbes can also mutate genetically to protect themselves from the drugs.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB105164455625707200H9jeoNilad2mp2tbX6Iaq6Gm4,00.html

Bush visit to state harbinger of '04 race
San Francisco Chronicle, May 1 – President Bush’s nationally televised address tonight will stand before thousands of homebound soldiers off the California coast to declare that major combat is over. It also allows Bush to return to a state he lost overwhelmingly in the 2000 election while at a high mark in his popularity and at what may be the defining moment of his presidency. Gary Jacobson, a professor of political science at University of California, San Diego, said polls show that while Bush is remarkably popular among Republicans, he has yet to build support among Democrats, and suggested that California -- a Democratic stronghold for most of the past decade -- is probably not a big part of the GOP electoral calculations.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/01/MN226884.DTL

Researchers In Japan And UCSD Discover Novel Role For Pseudogenes
ScienceDaily, May 1 – Scientists in Japan and at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a novel regulatory role for one pseudogene, showing that it stabilizes a similar protein-coding gene on another chromosome. Published in the May 1, 2003 issue of the journal Nature, the study was led by Shinji Hirotsune, M.D., Ph.D., Saitama Medical School, Japan. Hirotsune collaborated with Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, M.D., Ph.D., UCSD associate professor of pediatrics and medicine, in whose lab he first starting exploring pseudogene function several years ago.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030501080210.htm

Article also appeared in:
Hindustan Times (India), May 1

How to Survive a Terrorist Attack
KFMB, CA, Apr. 28 – Experts discuss the safety precautions San Diego County have planned out in case of a terrorist attack ranging from radiological to biological attacks. First-responders require additional training and more money is needed for emergency supplies. But the people in charge of anticipating the worst say this is the best prepared we've ever been. (Quotes Therese Rymer, director of the University of California, San Diego Medical Center Emergency).
http://www.kfmb.com/special_assignment/details.php?storyID=15381

Data security measures failing to match legal expectations
ComputerWorld, Apr. 28 – Emerging legal expectations for data security and privacy are making it increasingly important for companies to demonstrate reasonable care in protecting their IT assets, say security and legal experts. Some regulations, as well as several proposed state and federal identity-theft prevention laws, impose significant security and administrative requirements on companies. (Quotes Erin Kenneally, a forensic analyst and attorney at the University of California, San Diego’s San Diego Supercomputer Center).
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,80744,00.html

Aquarium’s Mission: Balance Entertainment and Education
San Diego Business Journal, Apr. 7 – The sea horse exhibit at University of California, San Diego’s Birch Aquarium sheds light on endangered species. Having nearly a third of the 37 known sea horse species in its program, the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is at the forefront of worldwide propagation efforts. It started in 1994 before seahorses were put on the list of endangered species, said executive director of Birch Aquarium, Nigella Hillgarth. “Of the 10 species raised here, we’ve sent nearly 2,000 sea horses to 55 aquariums and zoos around the world,” said curator Robert Burhans. (Quotes Scripps’ science specialist, Debbie Zmarzly and Birch Aquarium’s managing director, Liz Winant).
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SD Officials Consider Changes in Trauma Classification
San Diego Business Journal, Apr. 7 – A recent report found more injuries are classified as traumas in San Diego County’s trauma system than in the other 18 trauma systems in California. The report, filed by the Abaris Group, a consulting firm in Walnut Creek, recommended county health officials reconsider its system used to classify patients and avoid wasting unnecessary resources. Dr. James Dunford, director of emergency medical services for the city of San Diego and emergency room physician at University of California, San Diego Medical Center, defended the system. Dunford said it’s extremely challenging for emergency workers to classify patient injuries except for the obvious cases.
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