UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
October 17^th, 2007

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Using Molecular Pathways to Assess Cancer Patients
MIT Technology Review, Oct. 17 -- Researchers at UCSD have created a map of all known protein networks in human cells and shown that it can be used to better assess whether a patient's breast cancer will spread. More

Doc: Montgomery Was in Out-Of-Body State
ABC News, Oct. 17 -- After experiencing morning sickness and watching her belly grow for months, a woman accused of slicing a baby from another woman's womb could not handle a challenge to her pregnancy delusion, a witness testified. UCSD researcher Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran told a jury Tuesday he believed Lisa Montgomery was in a dissociative state similar to sleepwalking. More

China Rising
Minnesota Public Radio, Oct. 16. — Senior members of the Communist Party in China are meeting this week to lay out their plans for the country's leadership in the next few years. Guests, including Barry Naughton, a professor of Chinese economy at UCSD, discuss the issue. More

Jump in Crude Oil Prices No Longer Economically Devastating
Contra Costa Times, Oct. 17 -- High oil prices used to inspire dread among economists and panic on Wall Street. But not anymore. Prices have been rising steadily for two months, hitting a record of $87.61 per barrel Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. (Quotes James Hamilton, professor of economics at UCSD) More

Smoking Out a Killer
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 17 -- Most patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are smokers, but why do only 20 percent of smokers get the condition? To find the answer, researchers from the UCSD Medical Center are joining colleagues at 15 other universities nationwide to launch the largest-ever study of pulmonary disease. More

Panelists Say Region Must Act Now to Curb Global Warming
North County Times, Oct. 17 -- The world cannot afford to wait for a brilliant technological breakthrough to solve global warming, a student of energy said at a forum on climate change and energy Tuesday in Mission Valley. (Quotes Charles Kennel, professor of atmospheric science at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Islamic Law Expert to Speak at UCSD
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 16 -- Khaled Abou El Fadl, a leading authority on Islamic law in the United States and a major contemporary Islamic thinker, will speak at UCSD Thursday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. More