A Sampling of Clips for
November 21st, 2007
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Slime City Reveals How Bacteria Cooperate
MSNBC, Nov. 20 -- A miniature city for microbes constructed in the lab could shed light on how the buggers naturally form drug-resistant communities. The "microfluidic" device, designed and fabricated in collaboration with Alex Groisman at UCSD allowed the team to record the behavior of single layers of bacterial cells using real-time microscopy. More
Denial Makes the World Go Round
The New York Times, Nov. 20 -- Everyone is in denial about something; just try denying it and watch friends make a list. For Freud, denial was a defense against external realities that threaten the ego, and many psychologists today would argue that it can be a protective defense in the face of unbearable news, like a cancer diagnosis. (Quotes On Amir, a researcher at UCSD’s Rady School of Management) More
Researchers Warn the Salton Trough Could Host Next Big Quake
KPBS, Nov. 20 -- Researchers at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography say the Salton Trough region is one of the most tectonically active places in North America. Scripps geophysicist Graham Kent says the faults will likely produce the Big One -- but there's no way to predict when that will happen. More
Officials Seek Third Sewage Waiver
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 21 -- The City Council set up a high-stakes showdown with environmentalists yesterday when it decided to seek a third waiver from federal law for the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, which empties into the Pacific Ocean. (Mentions UCSD) More
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Beneficiary of Leukemia Fundraiser Loses Battle
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 21 -- A National City man who received several donations to help pay for his leukemia treatment died yesterday morning. Alejandro Casanova needed a bone-marrow transplant, and his family was trying to raise $20,000 for the year of post-surgical care he would have required. (Quotes UCSD Medical Center spokeswoman Leslie Franz) More
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
FOX6 News, Nov. 20 -- When it comes to breast cancer, women are taught to look for a lump. Have mammograms, see their doctors - but none of that will protect you from one type of breast cancer that kills women every year. (Quotes Dr. Barbara Parker, a professor of clinical medicine at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center) More