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December 14, 2001
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Electrical
gene that keeps heart ticking
The
Times (London),
Dec. 14 -- Researchers
at UCSD led by Hai-Chien Kuo have isolated, for
the first time, a gene that may be linked to sudden heart failure.
Gene
linked to regular heart beat isolated by UCSD experts
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec.
14 -- Researchers at UC San Diego have identified a gene that
apparently is essential in maintaining one of the heart's vital
electrical currents. (Quotes from UCSD's Dr.
Kenneth R. Chien and Hai-Chien Kuo).
Complex
challenges of cloning
The Baltimore Sun,
Dec. 13, Pg. 2A -- The controversial
procedure is back in the spotlight after a U.S. company
announced it had copied human embryos. (Comment by Larry
Goldstein, professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the University
of California, San Diego School of Medicine).
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