A Sampling of Clips for October 29^th, 2009

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S.D. Researchers Awarded Stem Cell Funds
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 29 -- Four San Diego scientific research facilities and a local biotech company will receive tens of millions of dollars in a major round of funding announced yesterday by the state's stem cell institute. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine approved $230 million in awards to fund 14 teams, typically spanning multiple organizations, as they seek treatments for specific diseases. Recipients include three projects whose principal scientists are in San Diego and whose awards total a combined $55.6 million. Two local institutes will participate in a fourth project that is getting $19.2 million. (Mentions Dennis Carson of UCSD’s Moores Cancer Center, who leads a team that will get $20 million toward an effort to develop six drugs to destroy leukemia stem cells) More

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Democratic Senate Hopefuls Split on PAC Funds
Boston Globe, Oct. 29 -- With few notable policy distinctions among the candidates, the question of whether to accept money from political action committees and lobbyists divides the field in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary. Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca, whose personal fortune is estimated at $400 million, was the first to say he would not take such contributions. City Year cofounder Alan Khazei announced a similar pledge several days later. Both candidates seized on the issue in Monday’s debate to highlight their outsider status. (Quotes Gary C. Jacobson, professor of political science at UCSD) More

Figuring Out Whether San Diego Has an OxyContin Problem
Voice of San Diego, Oct. 29 -- The media launch of a regional task force last week marked the public recognition by law enforcement of a growing problem with prescription drug abuse, particularly among the county's teenagers.
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis told reporters the pain killer oxycodone was an "emerging epidemic" among youth and other officials said that description is not an exaggeration. They pointed to a rising number of prosecutions and deaths related to prescription drugs. (Quotes Richard Clark, director of toxicology at the UCSD Medical Center and leader of the San Diego office of the California Poison Control System) More

UCSD Senior Travels the World Taking Photos for Fun
La Jolla Light, Oct. 29 -- UCSD senior Michael Nekrasov is only 21, and already he's a world traveler with thousands of photographs to prove it. Nekrasov's photos cover 27 countries in several continents. Not bad for someone who started globetrotting only six years ago. Urged by his friends, Nekrasov has sold dozens of photos and set up an online gallery at http://mikrasov.com/> gallery. Nekrasov's first serious encounter with photography happened when he was 15 and his aunt gave him a small camera to take pictures with on a trip with a friend to France and England. More

Houston Named Provost
La Jolla Light, Oct. 29 -- Alan Houston, a professor of political science and an internationally recognized scholar of early-modern British and American political thought, has been appointed provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College at UCSD. Houston's prize-winning scholarly work uses archival research to establish new interpretations and advance scholarly methods in liberal, democratic and republican theory. He has written and edited four books. More

UCSD Basketball Players Heading for La Jolla Shores to Promote Team
La Jolla Light, Oct. 28 -- Get ready to D-up, La Jolla Shores. This Halloween, the UCSD Women's Basketball team could literally be taking it to your house. But instead of sinking a layup or asking for a treat, the team will be knocking on neighborhood doors saying, "Trick or Triton." It's all part of an effort to promote the upcoming 2009-10 season, where the nationally 10th ranked Tritons will look to defend their first place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. More

The Scariest Part of Halloween
San Diego Reader, Oct. 29 -- On a blustery afternoon, just down the road from a Mission Valley lot that’s already advertising Christmas trees, costumed sign bearers point the way to a recently opened Halloween store. Every October “they just pop up,” says one of the store’s temporary hires, explaining the magical birth of the seasonal one-stop shops. What pops up with them is a rash of health concerns. (Quotes Sharon Jacob, a San Diego dermatologist and UCSD clinical professor) More

Group will Chat about 'Patriot'
La Jolla Light, Oct. 29 -- The newly formed UCSD Alumni Book Club will discuss "The Last Patriot" by Brad Thor from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Porter's Pub on campus. The club was created to focus on current and emerging issues, both domestic and international, that aren't being covered by the media. More

Panel Delays Habitat Decision
La Jolla Light, Oct. 28 -- Saying it didn't have enough information to pick one of three proposals for marine protected areas along the Southern California coast, a state panel will gather more data before making a decision on Nov. 10. After a year of public inquiry and three days of testimony, the five-member Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Blue Ribbon Task Force on Oct. 22 requested further scientific analysis of habitat maps for coastal areas including La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach and other areas in San Diego County. (Quotes Scripps Institution of Oceanography research scientist Ed Parnell) More

"Pumpkin Drop" Pumpkins Delivered to UCSD
KUSI, Oct. 27 -- Joe Lizura was on campus at UCSD, where the giant pumpkins for Friday's annual "Pumpkin Drop" were being delivered. Click here to view video. Video

Liver Cancer Treatment
KUSI, Oct. 28 -- Each Wednesday during Good Morning San Diego, KUSI provides the latest research, advice, and health information. (Features interview with Dr. Alan Hemming is a world-renown liver cancer and transplant surgeon recruited to UCSD Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center, and School of Medicine to launch a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of advanced liver disease) More

The Big Empty
San Diego Reader, Oct. 28 -- Beck, the Strokes, and the Pixies have all played UCSD’s 4700-capacity multipurpose RIMAC arena. The school is looking for a concert promoter to take over RIMAC and run it the way Live Nation handles SDSU’s Viejas Arena. More

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