A Sampling of Clips for 
November 16, 2004

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It's Not the Cold, It's the Chill
New York Times, Nov. 16-Even though colds are called colds, most people know that viruses are to blame, not the temperature. But a small group of people come down with fevers when they experience chills, according to a study led by Dr. Hal Hoffman of the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/health/16caus.html?oref=login

Debating the Evidence on Gulf War Illnesses
New York Times, Nov. 16-When a Department of Veterans Affairs panel produced a provocative report last week on the illnesses of veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf war, it stepped into a treacherous territory where patients' suffering meets scientists' skepticism. (Quote by Beatrice Golomb M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/health/policy/16gulf.html

Scientists Test Materials With Fake Quakes
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15-Scientists produced the first simulated earthquakes Monday designed to test how well common building materials and critical infrastructure such as power lines can withstand a quake's destructive forces. A similar demonstration took place Monday at the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-making-quakes,1,4520104.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines

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Collaboration on Homeland Security
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 16- If the events of Sept. 11, 2001 have taught us anything, it is that collaboration at every level of government and society is essential in effectively addressing the threats presented by terrorism. (Article co-written by UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041116/news_lz1e16fox.html

New UCSD Laboratory Given a Shakedown
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 16-Simulating a magnitude 7.3 earthquake yesterday, UCSD engineers rocked a wind turbine to and fro in a show of a new laboratory that replicates the destructive force of earthquakes. (Quote by Frieder Seible, dean of the University of California, San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20041116-9999-1m16shake.html

Oxygen Levels May Affect Tumor Growth
UPI, Nov. 15-Determining how blood vessels react to low oxygen levels may reportedly be the key to developing a potent anti-tumor treatment. The study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, is the first to examine how blood vessels respond to low oxygen conditions that result from the presence of a growing tumor.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/11_16_oxygen.asp

Lou Dobbs Tonight
CNN, Nov. 15-Tonight in Washington, deputies and senior officials in the CIA`s clandestine service resign. Is the new head of the CIA cleaning up or messing up? (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/11_16_loudobbs.asp

Wondering About a Wonder Drug
Business Week, Nov. 22- Statins cut cholesterol, but long-term cognitive and muscle effects are a mystery. (Refers to research by Beatrice A. Golomb M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_47/b3909127_mz018.htm

Modeling Internet Epidemics
PC Magazine, Nov. 16-Clearly, attempts to prevent viruses and worms from infecting the Net aren't working. So a couple of recent National Science Foundation Cyber Trust research grant recipients are taking a naturalistic approach: If you can't beat them, contain them. (Refers to research led by Stefan Savage of the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1681632,00.asp

Mild El Niño Won't Ensure Wet Winter for Southwest
USA Today, Nov. 15- People who hope that a mild El Niño might signal an end to five years of drought in the Southwest may be in for a disappointment. (Quote by Dan Cayan, a climate expert with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/climate/2004-11-15-el-nino-drought_x.htm

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San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15

UCSD Discovery Opens New Avenues for Design of Anti-Tumor Medications
Medical News Today, Nov. 16-The response of blood vessels to low oxygen levels may be the Achilles' heel of a developing tumor, according to a study led by University of California, San Diego biologists.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=16446#

New Tool Highlights Activity of Key Cellular Signal
Innovations Report, Nov. 16-Scientists at Johns Hopkins and the University of Texas Medical Branch have created a new tool that easily reveals when and where a key cellular signal is active. (Mentions research conducted by Roger Tsien, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego.) http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/biowissenschaften_chemie/bericht-36308.html

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News-Medical Net, Nov. 16

Burnham Institute's Reed Named to Prop. 71 Committee
North County Times, Nov. 15-John C. Reed, president and chief executive of the La Jolla-based Burnham Institute, has been named to a committee overseeing $3 billion that the state will spend on stem-cell research. There is at least one more San Diego appointment to be made by the chancellor of UC San Diego.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/11/16/
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