A Sampling of Clips for May 15^th, 2008

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Acne Drug Prevents Tissue Damage from Emphysema
Forbes, May 15 – Researchers, including Ellen C. Breen, from the UCSD School of Medicine, say they may be able to prevent the tissue damage that lung diseases, such as emphysema, cause by treating the patient with doxycycline, an antibiotic commonly used to treat acne. More

Similar story in
U.S. News & World Report

Could Nanoworms Lead to Cancer Cure?
FOX News, May 14 – Researchers, including UCSD scientist Michael Sailor, tout major advance in cancer treatment using tiny devices called nanoworms. More

How the Big Picture Changes from Tiny Beginnings
Christian Science Monitor, May 15 -- Biologists don't understand how toxic algae blooms start or stop. But they now have a clue to their demise thanks to research by Xavier Mayali, Peter Franks and Farooq Azam at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

Analysts: Quick Fixes Won't Lower Gas Prices
Miami Herald, May. 15 -- None of the remedies that leading politicians are offering to ease the gasoline-price spike are likely to help consumers anytime soon. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

UC, CSU Move to Hike Tuition Amid Protests
San Francisco Chronicle, May 15 -- California's 670,000 public university students got a double-barreled blast of bad news Wednesday when the governing boards for both the UC and the California State University systems took steps to raise tuition - for the sixth time in seven years. (Mentions UCSD) More

Similar story
San Diego Union-Tribune
KPBS

Migrants Trapped in October Wildfires Tell Their Stories
KPBS, May 14 -- Seven of the people who died in our October wildfires were illegal migrants. Aside from those who died, several were severely burned. At one point, eleven of the 18 people in the UCSD Medical Center’s burn unit were Mexican border crossers. UCSD-TV will broadcast this month a documentary telling their stories. More

Great White Lies
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 15 -- In the aftermath of last month's fatal white shark attack on a man swimming off Solana Beach, many of the fears about white sharks that “Jaws” helped spawn have roiled up again. Hype and hysteria trail Carcharodon carcharias like blood in the water. (Quotes Jeffrey Graham, a marine biologist and shark expert at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Medal of Honor
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 15 -- UCSD heart surgeon Stuart Jamieson just joined six former U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners and civic, corporate and arts leaders in becoming an Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient. Jamieson, a native of Zimbabwe, put himself through medical school in London while waiting tables. He recalls going to bed “hungry every night for five years” to pay for his education. More

UCSF, UC Berkeley, Other UCs Face Possible Strike
San Francisco Business Times, May 14 -- As many as 4,000 San Francisco Bay Area medical and campus service workers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are among 20,000 workers statewide scheduled to vote starting Saturday on authorization for a potential strike, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Tuesday. (Mentions UCSD) More