A Sampling of Clips for
October 26 - 28, 2002
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New drug
shows promise against rheumatoid arthritis
United Press International, Health
Tips, Oct. 28 – A study led by UCSD professor
of medicine Arthur
Kavanaugh found that a new drug shows promise against
rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment reduces symptoms and slowed
disease progression in human tests.
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No link available online.
Using power
of microbes
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, Pg. 7–
Eyal Raz, a UCSD researcher
is trying to find ways to help asthma and allergy sufferers.
Raz is using synthetic DNA that can provoke
or stimulate the immune system the way bacterial DNA does, but
without making the patient sicker.
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No link available online.
Transgene
triggers parkinsonian neurodegeneration
New Scientist, Oct. 28 – Eliezer
Masliah, UCSD neuroscientist and pathologist,
and his transgenic mouse research was featured in New Scientist.
Masliah is co-discoverer of human a- synuclein
(ha-syn) that was discovered in amyloid plaques purified from
brains of patients with Alzheimer. Neuroscientists logically
suspected that this synaptic protein played a role in Alzheimer
disease, however they soon saw the potential role this protein
plays in other neurodegenerative
disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Masliah
is now working on a transgenic mouse model for Parkinson's disease
and had published his hard-won results.
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No link available online.
Why is quitting
getting harder? Smoking cessation aids show waning success
Montreal Gazette, Oct. 26, Pg. 8 --
A new study authored by UCSD Cancer Prevention
and Control Program researchers John Pierce
and Elizabeth Gilpin found that smoking-cessation
aids were more helpful prior to the mid-1990s, when physicians
had to write a prescription for the products. Since becoming
available over the counter, the aids have not proved beneficial
in promoting long-term cessation.
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No link available online.
Similar
article appeared in:
Cancer Weekly, Oct. 29
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No link available online.
Retracing
a trail: The role of religion
New York Times, Oct. 27, Pg. 36 –
Mental health experts including UCSD professor
of clinical psychiatry Reid Meloy comment on
the mental state of serial killers. The impact of John Allen
Muhammed’s faith on his alleged actions is unclear. Muhammed
is charged with murder in the sniper rampage that killed 10
people in the Washington region.
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No link available online.
Politics
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, Pg. 1
– Even though history and economics are on their side,
many Democrats are despairing of their chances of winning control
of the House of Representatives this fall. (Quotes UCSD
political scientist Gary Jacobson).
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No link available online.
In San Diego,
a fierce battle for district attorney’s office gets personal
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 27, Pg. 8
– The race for San Diego County District Attorney has
been called by observers the most brutal political battle for
the district attorney’s office this county has ever seen.
(Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve
Erie).
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No link available online.
Regional
airport agency founders
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 27, Pg. 1
– The Southern California Regional Airport Authority,
created to resolve Southern California’s airport capacity
woes, is again on life support, suffering from parochialism
and the untimely resignation of several of its members. (Quotes
UCSD political science professor Steve
Erie).
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No link available online.
Grant benefits
the Preuss School
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 26,
Pg. 2 – Fisher Science Education, a company that manufactures
scientific supplies, has given the Preuss School at UCSD
a $53,000 grant of scientific materials and equipment to furnish
a biology lab.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021026-9999_7m26briefs.html
El Nino’s
coming; how bad this time?
Copley News Service, Oct. 28 –
Scientists the world over have mapped huge pockets of warm water
in the Pacific Ocean, and by some accounts they are growing
warmer. What remains under considerable debate is how the heated
water may affect weather patterns across the globe, and North
America in particular. (Quotes Scripps Institution of
Oceanography researcher Tim Barnett).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20021028-9999_8n28elnino.html
Article
also appeared in:
Copley News Service, Oct. 28
Waves and
the sounds of science
Manila Times, Oct. 29 – Scripps
Institution of Oceanography scientists Grant
Deane and Dale Stokes have scrutinized
the sound of breaking waves that occur from air bubbles trapped
in water. The scientists discovered that the bubbles fall into
two categories, large and small, that are created by different
mechanisms. The research could lead to more accurate models
of global climate.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/oct/29/life/20021029lif5.html
Troupe cancels
plans to appear at poetry fair; He’s also replaced as
TV series host
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 26 –
UCSD literature professor Quincy Troupe
has withdrawn from San Diego’s Border Voices Poetry Fair
and has been replaced as host for an educational television
series here.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_1m26troupe.html
New leadership
in S.D.? No, just more of the same
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 28,
Letters – Numerous letters commenting on last weeks editorial
about UCSD literature professor Quincy
Troupe.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/opinion/news_1e28lets1.html
New members
join arts, culture panel
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 26 –
Mayor Dick Murphy named three new members to the Commission
for Arts and Culture and reappointed seven members including
UCSD professor of pediatrics Vivian
Reznik.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021026-9999_7m26briefs.html
Educational
achievement in San Diego: A progress report
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 27 –
Executive summary of the San Diego Achievement Forum’s
study on educational progress in the San Diego Unified School
District. The Forum consists of distinguished educators and
administrators including UCSD Chancellor Robert
Dynes, CREATE director Hugh Mehan and UCSD
economics professor Julian Betts.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/opinion/news_1e27sidebar.html
Project
has some
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 27 –
Ted Dardzinski’s Project Walk, a Carlsbad-based exercise
program for people with spinal cord injuries, breaks from traditional
therapy to help the paralyzed walk again. (Quotes Lance
Stone, medical director of rehabilitative services
at UCSD).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/currents/news_mz1c27projec.html
Scripps
research
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 27,
Editorial – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
is celebrating its centennial anniversary. But its 100th year
may be one of its toughest. All UC research programs face 10
percent funding cuts. Scripps officials think
they can shield critical research from this year’s cuts,
although fisheries research, operations of research ships, data
collection and administration staff will be hurt.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/op-ed/editorial2/20021027-9999_1ed27bottom.html
