A Sampling of Clips for
October 29, 2002
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Report calls
for ecosystem focus on fishing management
Associated Press, Oct. 29 –
The U.S. fishing industry is sailing toward disaster unless
the government steps in to create marine preserves, a report
for the Pew Oceans Commission concludes. “The time has
come to reorient fishery management around the goal of protecting
ecosystems and to install flexible management that emphasizes
caution,” study lead author Paul Dayton
of Scripps Institution of Oceanography said
in a statement.
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Related articles appeared
in:
San
Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 29
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/10/28/state1741EST0130.DTL
Monterey County Herald,
Oct. 29
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Approval
is seen for Abbott arthritis drug
New York Times, Oct. 29, Pg. 17 –
Abbott Laboratories experimental drug for rheumatoid arthritis,
Humira, proved effective and safe in late-stage clinical trials,
making it a potentially strong competitor to Amgen’s Enbrel
and Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade. Arthur Kavanaugh,
UCSD professor of medicine and investigator
in the trials, found that Humira is generally “comparable”
to Enbrel and Remicade.
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Federal
judge finds sound blasts harmful to whales
Associated Press, Oct. 29 –
Magistrate Judge James Larson ordered an immediate end to the
firing of high-intensity sonic blasts into the Gulf of California
because they harm whales. Scripps Institution of Oceanography
scientists estimate the airguns aboard the R/V Maurice Ewing
research vessel can generate up to 263 decibels. Larson noted
that the U.S. Navy considers sounds above 180 decibels to be
potentially harmful to marine mammals.
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Related
articles appeared in:
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 28
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/10/28/state1631EST0116.DTL
San Diego Union Tribune,
Oct. 29
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/news/news_1n29whales.html
Scientists test common
medicines and mental exercise as preventives for Alzheimer’s
Associated Press, Oct. 28 –
Brain researchers are investigating ways to delay or perhaps
even prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. They suspect
that the way people live, the pills they take, even the way
they thing may influence their risk of the disease. (Quotes
Leon Thal, Chief of Neuroscience at UCSD).
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UCSD professor’s
handiwork coming to a computer near you
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 21-27
Issue -- Brad Graves profiles Dean Tullsen,
a computer science and engineering professor at UCSD’s
Jacobs School of Engineering, and his contributions to simultaneous
multi-threading technology for microprocessors, which Intel
is getting ready to roll out for desktop computers later this
quarter.
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New stamp
honors Thurgood Marshall
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 29
– UCSD’s Thurgood Marshall College
will host a weeklong series of programs Nov. 15-21 honoring
their college namesake. The official U.S. Postal Service commemorative
first-class stamp honoring late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall will be on display Nov. 20 in the Price Center Plaza.
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Rheumatoid
arthritis ‘guru’
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 7-13
Issue – Profile of Gary S. Firestein,
UCSD’s chief of the Division of Rheumatology,
Allergy and Immunology.
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People column
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 7-13
Issue -- The Royal Netherlands Academy has awarded the 2002
Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics to ROGER
Y. TSIEN, professor of pharmacology and biochemistry
at UCSD.
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Deadline
today in west coast ports dispute
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 29 –
As the cargo backlog continues to build at West Coast docks,
the dockworkers union has until noon today to respond to charges
that it is purposely slowing down the unloading of ships. (Quotes
UCSD political scientist Steven Erie).
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Idec cancer
drug draws praise in arthritis tests
San Diego Business Journal, Oct. 7-13
Issue -- According to results published by the American College
of Rheumatology, preliminary results testing Idec Pharmaceuticals’
cancer drug Rituxan for use in rheumatoid arthritis patients
were encouraging. (Quotes UCSD chief of the
rheumatology division, Gary Firestein).
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West Wing
karma
San Diego Union Tribune, Diane Bell,
Oct. 29 – UCSD banners appear in Wednesday’s
episode of the TV drama “West Wing.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/metro/news_1m29bell.html
