A Sampling of Clips for 
September 21, 2004

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Inflammation Plays Role in Starting, Stopping Cancer
Forbes, Sept. 20-The immune system's inflammatory response tends to help promote cancer tumors, but researchers at the University of California, San Diego believe that response could be used to attack cancer as well. Scientists found that when they inhibited a key pro-inflammatory protein called nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB), they increased the effectiveness of a cancer-killing protein called TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, or TRAIL.
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/
2004/09/20/hscout521272.html

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Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sept. 21
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/immn/521272.html

Innovations Report, Sept. 20
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-33782.html

News-Medical, Sept. 21
http://www.news-medical.net/print_article.asp?id=4933

Out With the After-Hours Crowd
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 21-As daylight wanes, insomniacs go hiking and paddling. And there's plenty of light to go around. Unless you live in the northern latitudes where folks enjoy extra-late sunsets, it's lights out by 7 p.m. in Southern California. But shorter days don't have to mean shorter time outdoors. (Quote by Michael Latz, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
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Mr. Don't-Fix-It
Washington Post, Sept. 21-How do men screw up when their wife or girlfriend is diagnosed with breast cancer? Let me count the ways. The medical community is well aware that breast cancer husbands need coaching. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $1.1 million grant to Men Against Breast Cancer, a Rockville-based educational and fundraising group, to establish programs to enlighten husbands of newly diagnosed women, focusing on "underserved minority communities." (Quote by Matthew Loscalzo, director of patient and family support at the UCSD Cancer Center.)
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Strep Bacteria Uses a Sword and Shield to Win Battle Against Immune System
Medical News Today, Sept. 21- A single gene called cylE within the important bacterial pathogen Group B Streptococcus (GBS), controls two factors that act together as a "sword" and "shield" to protect the bacteria from the killing effects of the immune system's white blood cells, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. GBS is the leading cause of serious bacterial infections such as meningitis and pneumonia in newborns and is increasingly recognized as a serious pathogen in adult populations, including the elderly, pregnant women and diabetics.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13740#

Similar article appeared in:
Innovations-Report, Sept. 21
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-33788.html

Study Explores Gene Transfer to Modify Underlying Course of Alzheimer's Disease
Innovations-Report, Sept. 21-Investigators at Rush University Medical Center have successfully initiated a new technique that uses gene therapy to deliver nerve growth factor into regions of the brain where neurons are degenerating, in order to prevent cell death and reverse cell atrophy, two hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. If successful, this could be a major step toward modifying the course of the disease. Rush is the only center in this study. (Mentions research led by Mark Tuszynski M.D. at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/studies/report-33815.html

UCSD Computer Scientists Awarded $6.2 Million to Study Online Epidemics
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 20-With new financial backing from the National Science Foundation, local computer scientists have created a Center for Epidemiology and Defenses to investigate Internet-borne viruses, worms and plagues. The NSF, as part of its new $30 million Cyber Trust program, has allocated $6.2 million over five years for the new center. The award is expected to be announced Tuesday. The Center for Epidemiology and Defenses will be a collaboration of scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the International Computer Science Institute, an affiliate of University of California, Berkeley.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/09_21_computer.asp

Bits & Bites
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell column, Sept. 20-Revelle College, the first of UCSD's six undergraduate colleges to open, is beginning a yearlong 40th anniversary observance honoring its past and the legacy of scientist Roger Revelle. Among those serving anniversary cake this Friday on the east lawn of Library Walk will be several apron-wearing former deans, past-provost Tom Bond, faculty and staff.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20040921-9999-1m21bell.html

SDSU Teams with UCSD on Latino Health Project
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 20-San Diego State University and UC San Diego researchers are teaming up on a multi-million dollar project to research ways to improve the health of Latinos. The project is being conducted with the San Ysidro Health Center and is being funded by a $3.4 million grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the next five years.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20040920-1041-sdsu-health.html

Charter Schools: A Beacon of Hope for California Public Education
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 19-California's promising public charter school movement offers public school teachers the opportunity to design and lead high-powered public schools that are free from many cumbersome rules that hold back public education. This new freedom is leading to improved student achievement. Three of the top four performing high schools in San Diego are charter high schools, including the Preuss Charter School at UC San Diego, the first public charter high school to be located on a college campus.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040919/news_mz1e19young.html

Agent of Academic Fortune
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 21-When Jerry C. Lee was named president of San Diego's National University in 1989, the private institution was on the verge of imploding. Now, National University became one of the first institutions to catch a wave in shifting demographics as more working adults sought higher-education degrees and specialized credentials. (Quote by Mary Walshok, an associate vice chancellor for public programs at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20040921-9999-1b21lee.html