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A Sampling of Clips for
February
26, 2002
Antibiotic,
gene therapy help treat angina
United
Press International, Feb.25
– Angina patients may have some new treatment options involving
either gene therapy or doses of antibiotics, according to two new
studies. (Quotes UCSD
professor emeritus Dr. Robert
Engler).
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Taste
receptor for the flavor umami
United
Press International, Stories
of modern science,
Feb. 26 – Humans can recognize five tastes:
bitter, salty, sour, sweet and umami. Howard Hughes Medical
Institute researchers found the taste receptor for amino acids or
umami. Researchers Charles S.
Zuker of UCSD,
and Nicholas J. P. Ryba of the National Institutes of Health report
their findings in Nature.
“Since amino acids are essential building blocks of
biologically important molecules such as proteins, it made
evolutionary sense for there to be a taste pathway that would make
amino acids attractive to consume,” says Zuker.
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New
drugs in development attack AIDS virus in novel ways
Associated
Press, Feb.26
– Medicines are in development to attack the AIDS virus in new
ways, including several designed to keep HIV from ever gaining entry
to the blood cells it destroys. (Quotes UCSD
professor Dr. Douglas Richman).
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Experimental
gene therapy may be key to Alzheimer’s
Copley
News Service, Feb.25
– Lola Crosswhite became one of the first people to try a new gene
therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Mark H. Tuszynski, Dr.
Hoi Sang U and Dr.
Leon Thal, neuroscientists and doctors from UCSD
and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, conducted the
procedure. The article
chronicles the day of her operation.
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Report
on heart disease risk
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Health,
Feb. 26, Pg. X-4 – A roundup of recent research
studies. Includes a study authored by UCSD’s
Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
on a popular osteoporosis-fighting drug that may prove beneficial to
older women with heart disease.
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