A Sampling of Clips for 
October 25, 2005

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Warm Oceans
Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 25-The extremely warm ocean waters fueling this season's record hurricane season are stressing coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and may kill 80% to 90% of the structures in some areas, scientists reported Monday. (Quote by Nancy Knowlton, a coral reef expert who directs the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

New Livers Change Lives
for Kids with Maple Syrup Urine Disease
NBC, Southern California, Oct. 24-Liver transplants seem to be curing about a dozen children of a rare disease so unforgiving that the slightest dietary misstep can prove brain-damaging or even fatal. Now instead of a life of fear with every bite of a strict low-protein diet, these patients with maple syrup urine disease eat ice cream, hamburgers and other normal kid fare, according to new findings by the Children's Hospital of Pittsburg. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

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Clogged Leg Arteries
More Common in Blacks
WebMD, Oct. 24-Blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to have clogged leg arteries, and no one knows why according to research led by UCSD professor of medicine, Dr. Michael Criqui. More

New Treatment Puts
Patients Back on Their Feet
Channel 10 News, Oct. 24-An ankle injury early in life can lead to significant problems later in life, including arthritis. However, UCSD surgeons have perfected a treatment to help people get back on their feet. More

UCSD Pulls Wrapping Off the
Latest Gift for School of Engineering
La Jolla Light, Oct. 6-UCSD unveiled a new focal point Sept. 30 for the Jacobs School of Engineering: a five-story computer science and engineering building. More

Scientists Discover Secret Behind Human Red Blood Cell's Amazing Flexibility
Innovations Report, Oct. 25-A human red blood cell is a dimpled ballerina, ceaselessly spinning, tumbling, bending, and squeezing through openings narrower than its width to dispense life-giving oxygen to every corner of the body. In a paper published in the October issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering, a team of UCSD researchers describe a mathematical model that explains how a mesh-like protein skeleton gives a healthy human red blood cell both its rubbery ability to stretch without breaking, and a potential mechanism to facilitate diffusion of oxygen across its membrane. More

Scientists Gain Better
Understanding of Endothelial Cells
News Medical Net, Oct. 24-UCSD researchers stretched cells in a workout chamber the size of a credit card to gain a better understanding of how repetitive stretching of endothelial cells that line arteries can make them healthy and resistant to vascular diseases. More

Racy Show May Spur
Ban on Porn on UCSD TV Station
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 25-The broadcast of pornography on a student-run television station at UCSD may be short-lived. Just three days after the broadcast of sex between a UCSD senior and an adult actress, student council members debated whether to temporarily ban the "graphic depiction of sexual activity" on the Student-Run Television station. More

First Impressions
Parents Magazine, Oct. 25-What does your baby remember? It's more than you think-and you can boost her memory even more. (Quote by Leslie J. Carver, director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory at UCSD.) More

Start-up Investing
Declines a Bit, but Internets Bubble
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 25-Venture capital investments in start-up companies slumped in San Diego County during the third quarter, but an undercurrent of excitement in some sectors has entrepreneurs partying like it's 1999. (Quote by Paul Kedrosky, who closely follows venture investing at UCSD's von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement.) More

Effort Taking Shape to Pay for Burn Ward
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 25-The Roach family is working to establish a foundation to raise money for a burn ward at a future hospital in Escondido that will treat victims like Allyson and Jason Roach, who spent time at the UCSD Medical Center after receiving burns in the Paradise fire two years ago. More