Friday, July 17

New therapy may help combat leukemia

For those suffering from leukemia, good news regarding the possibility of a new treatment option has recently surfaced from the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. Scientists at the cancer center recently published research regarding an experimental therapy which could help patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia ““ a slow progressing cancer that makes the body produce too many cancerous myeloid white blood cells. Read more...


15,000 assemble at AIDS conference

An unlikely brew of sex-education workers, scientists, performance artists, politicians and concerned citizens from across the globe flooded the streets of Bangkok, Thailand last week in an effort to combat the AIDS epidemic that is plaguing parts of the world. Read more...


State budget delays have little direct effect on UC

California’s state budget is more than 20 days overdue, yet financial analysts and University of California officials are little more than perturbed about the delay. Negotiations over the state budget between the Legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Read more...


Medicine professor, 90, dies of kidney failure

A pioneer in the field of pediatric cardiology, a medical mentor and a best friend to a former University of California president, Dr. Arthur J. Moss, a professor emeritus at the David Geffen School of Medicine, died July 14 of kidney failure. Read more...



Regents consider GPA increase

In a time of budget crisis and scarce resources, statistics show that eligible underrepresented students would be mostly affected, and hundreds would have to be turned away if new UC eligibility requirements are approved next month. Read more...


Exotic cats come out to play

Conservationists from the savannas of Africa and the rainforests of Brazil struggled with a technological glitch in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom during a conservation exhibition Saturday, proving they’re more comfortable with wildcats than with computer projectors. Read more...