HIV drugs losing power for many
San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 18 -- Widespread misuse of anti-HIV drugs has led to drug resistance in at least half of the population under treatment for the disease in the United States. (Sites a national survey -- conducted by the Rand think tank in Santa Monica and the University of California at San Diego).

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Many HIV Adults Have Strains Resistant to Drugs
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 19
  
Dec. 19
  
Most AIDS patients carry resistant virus
United Press International, Dec. 18

Efficacy of AIDS Drugs Ebbing
The Boston Globe, Dec. 19

Study Calls AIDS Drug Resistance Alarming
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 18

Cocktail Hangover
Newsday (New York, NY), Dec. 18
  
The Stem Cell Debate
The New York Times, Dec. 18, F1 -- As the nation once again takes up the angst-riven issue of extracting stem cells from human embryos for possible use in the treatment of a raft of diseases, researchers must weigh not only the question of when human life begins, but what being alive really means. (Comments by Dr. Jeffrey L. Bada, a professor of marine chemistry at the University of California at San Diego).

Council Votes to Approve Needle Exchange Program
San Diego Business Journal, Dec. 3 - 9 -- The San Diego City Council’s approval of a one-year pilot program is a win for clean needle exchange proponents who are now faced with the task of getting it started. (Dr. Chris Mathews of UCSD Owen Clinic chaired the city’s Clean Syringe Exchange Program Task Force).

Training To Boost Math, Science
The Hartford Courant, Dec. 17, Pg. B5 --Four High School teachers are embarking on an 18-month educational journey during which they will undergo computational science training and professional development. As participants in the National Computational Science Leadership Program they will learn how to use computational modeling techniques and simulation programs to introduce their students to new and exciting ways of learning math and science. (San Diego Supercomputer Center, contributed to the computer training program).

Cortronics technology claims to crack toughest nuts in neural networking
Electronic Engineering Times, Dec, 17, Pg. 45 -- One of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence -- the ability to extract hierarchical categories from streams of sensory data-has been attacked and solved. (Comments by Hecht-Nielsen, an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego).