A Sampling of Clips for
January 5th, 2007
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Liver Sugars Might Help Control Triglycerides
The Washington Post, Jan. 4 -- UCSD researchers say they've identified a factor that may contribute to high levels of blood fats called triglycerides. More
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Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Jan. 5 -- To remain at the forefront of discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship, California must ensure that our students excel in mathematics and the sciences. Unfortunately, skills in those vital disciplines – from grade school through college – are declining at a time when we need them the most. To help address this disturbing trend, UCSD has launched an innovative math and science education program to attract the next generation of math and science teachers from among our best and brightest students. (Written by UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Mark Thiemens, dean of UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences) More
Gender Affects Genes' Influence on Blood Pressure
Scientific American, Jan. 4 -- Variations in genes that play a role in regulating heart rate and kidney function appear to affect blood pressure differently in men and women, new research suggests. This could have important implications for selecting blood pressure-lowering medications. “Sex is like a prism that refracts the effects of the gene very differently for men and women,” Dr. Daniel T. O'Connor, from UCSD, said in a university statement. More
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Research Uncovers New Clues to Cancer
The Washington Post, Dec. 28 -- The same mechanism that drives tumor development can also suppress tumor growth, new research shows. A team at the UCSD School of Medicine studied mice that had cells with one or more extra or missing chromosomes -- a characteristic known as aneuploidy, a common feature of cancer cells. More
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NSF Braces for Opportunities Lost
Science, Jan. 5 -- Wayne Pfeiffer and his colleagues at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD didn't mind working over the holidays on a proposal due Feb. 2 to the National Science Foundation. They knew their counterparts at other NSF-funded supercomputing centers would be doing the same thing. And besides, the prize seemed worth the extra effort--a $200 million machine capable of performing at the petascale level (1015 operations a second) and, with it, leadership of the next generation in supercomputing. More
Decoding Alzheimer's
Business Week, Jan. 8 -- A century after the disease was first identified, scientists are closing in on medicines that can safely delay or reverse Alzheimer's onset. (Quotes Dr. Leon J. Thal, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at UCSD) More
A Life of Torment, Delusion and Decline
The New York Times, Dec. 15 -- Following his Tony Award-winning turn as a German transvestite in “I Am My Own Wife,” the American actor and UCSD alumnus Jefferson Mays is back in rouge and petticoats for “Memoirs of My Nervous Illness,” a punctilious account of madness and womb envy. More
Doctors Find Method to Help Treat 'Suicide Disease'
10 News, Jan. 3 -- Many people have experienced pain, but for those with a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia, the pain is sheer torture. It’s sometimes referred to as the “suicide disease,” because the condition causes electric shock-like pain in the face. Now, UCSD neurosurgeon Dr. John Alksne finally has a way to stop the agony. More
In 'Social Cinema,' You Have a Role
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 31 -- In Adriene Jenik's vision of cinema, the audience lives inside the movie – talking to characters, walking around to watch from different angles, even helping shape the story. It's a concept the artist and UCSD associate professor likes to call “distributed social cinema,” and it has come to life twice now in the form of SPECFLIC, an ambitious, participatory, multimedia happening. More
New Treatments Bring Hope for Combat-stress Patients
North County Times, Jan. 1 -- Mental health professionals who treat combat veterans suffering from stress and trauma say they are entering 2007 with growing optimism about new, sometimes controversial treatments that show promise in controlling or eliminating psychological damage from battlefield experiences. (Quotes Dr. Murray Stein, a psychiatrist at UCSD) More
Nobel Prize-winning Scientist to Speak at UCSD
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 4 -- Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Dr. Paul Greengard will speak at UCSD on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 11 a.m. More