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July 23, 2002
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Progress
of heart failure
Wall Street Journal, July 22 – UCSD
scientists have developed a gene therapy that halts heart failure
in hamsters. If the results are borne out in further experiments,
now underway at UCSD, initial tests in people could begin
in 12 to 18 months. Kenneth Chien, director of the UCSD
Institute of Molecular Medicine, is the senior author of the study
published by the journal Nature Medicine.
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Related
article appeared in:
San Diego Union Tribune, July 22
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20020722-9999_1m22heart.html
Sacramento
Bee, July 22
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Reuters.com,
July 22
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=healthnews
Copley
News Service, July 22
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Scientists
point finger in Africa famine
CNN.com, July 21 – Nearly two decades after
one of the world’s most devastating famines in Africa, scientists
are pointing a finger at pollution from industrial nations as
one of the possible causes. (Quotes V. Ramanathan, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography professor of climate and atmospheric
science and director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences).
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/07/21/us.sci.drought.ap/index.html
Article
also appears in:
ABCNews.com,
July 22
Newsday.com,
July 22
Buffalonews.com,
July 22
Austin360.com,
July 22
Sunspot.net,
July 22
Dailysouthtown.com,
July 22
Timesunion.com,
July 22
Lasvegassun.com,
July 22
Tribnet.com,
July 22
PTD.net,
July 22
Smog
reversing global warming effect
The Economic Times, July 23 – A study by V.
Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor
of climate and atmospheric science and director of the Center
for Atmospheric Sciences, and R. Krishnan of the Institute of
Tropical Meteorology concluded that pollution across the Indian
subcontinent is shielding the sun and depressing the winter temperature
by about .30 Celsius.
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Democrats
see issue in sliding stock market
CNN, July 22, Inside Politics – Gov. Gray Davis
was among the guests that appeared on the program. Davis recently
signed what is being described as the nation’s first bill
to fight global warming. (Mentions Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
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Davis
signs landmark bill to fight auto emissions
San Diego Union Tribune, July 23 – Gov. Davis
signed legislation that will make California, the first state
to combat global warming by restricting vehicle emissions starting
with the 2009 model year. (Quotes Scripps Institution of Oceanography
director Charles Kennel).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/news/news_1n23davis.html
UCSD
Medical Center director retires
San Diego Daily Transcript, July 22 – Sumiyo
E. Kastelic, the director of the UCSD Medical Center
will retire at the end of the calendar year.
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