A Sampling of Clips for May 15^th, 2009

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Trial Drug Helps Children with Deadly Neuroblastoma
USA Today, May 14 - An experimental drug, available only through a clinical trial, helps prevent relapses in children with a rare cancer called neuroblastoma, according to a study authored by Alice Yu, a professor at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. More

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Study: Tahoe May be Overdue for Large Earthquake
CBS2, Los Angeles, May 14 – Two new studies suggest the Lake Tahoe region has gone longer than usual without a large earthquake and may be due for a magnitude-7 temblor capable of spawning a tsunami that could flood shoreline communities. The research targeting three major faults was conducted by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More

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Mexican Data Shows Migration to U.S. in Decline
The New York Times, May 15 -- Census data from the Mexican government indicate an extraordinary decline in the number of Mexican immigrants going to the United States. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, the director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

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Blockbuster Ocean Drugs on the Horizon?
National Geographic, May 14 -- As leads for new drugs on land dry up, medicine hunters are plunging into the ocean in search of the next blockbuster pharmaceutical. Harvesting ocean organisms for medicinal purposes—called marine bioprospecting—has accelerated in recent years as scientists seek new antibiotics and cancer treatments. (Quotes William Fenical, distinguished professor of oceanography and pharmaceutical science at UCSD) More

Search for House GOP Climate Bill Votes Starts (and Ends?) with Bono Mack
The New York Times, May 15 -- In the Democrats' hunt for votes to pass climate change legislation, California Rep. Mary Bono Mack represents something of a political outlier -- a House Republican who doesn't strongly oppose the bill. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Wrong Prescription for Health Reform
San Diego Union- Tribune, Opinion, May 14 -- Anyone living on the front lines of the health care system knows firsthand that prevention and early treatment of disease is the only way to truly reduce costs in the long run. And the only way to accomplish that goal is to support the biomedical industry and the scientists who discover new treatments for the myriad of costly and debilitating diseases that drive our health care costs. (Written by Thomas Edgington, a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Sciences at the Scripps Research Institute and an adjunct professor at UCSD and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center) More

UCSD, Moores Center Get $1 Million Gift
La Jolla Light, May 14 -- The late wife of the founder of UCSD’s department of mathematics left the university $1 million in her trust, it was announced Thursday. More

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