A Sampling of Clips for
November 23, 2004
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Cut Stress
if you're Thinking about in Vitro Fertilization
Detroit News, Nov. 23-If you're having
trouble conceiving your next baby, it's helpful to reduce stress;
if you're starting in vitro fertilization (IVF), it's essential,
says UCSD researchers.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/lifestyle/0411/23/E06-13016.htm
Smart Dust Made to 'Escort'
Molecules to Sensors
Electronic Engineering Times, Nov.
22-Researchers have shown recently that magnetic silicon nanoparticles
-- smart dust -- can act as chaperones, surrounding and herding
rare sample molecules so that the samples navigate channels
to microfluidic sensors without leaving any residue. (Refers
to research by UCSD.)
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=53700081
Diving for
Climate Change Clues
The Dominion, New Zealand, Nov. 23-For
hardened research divers, it is more a sharp intake of breath
as they plunge through the ice into the Ross Sea, one of the
coldest and remotest places on the planet. (Refers to research
by Paul Brewin, a postdoctoral fellow at UCSD.)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3105358a11,00.html
Researchers
Anticipate Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Treatment
Orange County Register, Nov. 23-UCI
researchers could begin clinical trials by 2006 in a possible
treatment for spinal cord injury using human embryonic stem
cells, according to a Menlo Park company involved in the research.
(Quote by Armin Blesch, an assistant professor
of neuroscience at UCSD.)
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/11_23_researchers.asp
Summit Offers Glimpse of
Second-Term Diplomatic Agenda
Copley News service, Nov. 22-President
Bush used a weekend summit of Pacific Rim nations here to leave
a trail of tantalizing clues about the shape and content of
his foreign policy during his second term in office. (Quote
by Richard Feinberg, director of the APEC Study
Center at the UCSD.)
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/11_23_summit.asp
$8.3 Million on New Federal
Budget for North County
North County Times, Nov. 22-A $388
billion spending bill passed by Congress over the weekend has
$8.3 million earmarked for projects and programs in North County,
including funding for the UC San Diego Medical
Center.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/11/23/news/
top_stories/19_52_1311_22_04.prt
