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Synapse The UCSF Student Newspaper
Thursday, October 11, 2012
REVIEW
Jon StewartBill O’Reilly Rumble Mortal frenemies go head to head By Akshay Govind Staff Writer
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n the wake of last week’s presidential debate, Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly faced off for a discussion of their own on Saturday at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium in the nation’s capital. The event was dubbed The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium, and it can be downloaded from www. therumble2012.com at the cost of $5 (which will be donated to charity), or found on YouTube for free. O’Reilly and Stewart have poked fun at one another for several years on their respective shows, Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Ironically, they both
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present editorialized reports of news and politics, providing a mixture of information and entertainment. O’Reilly is a self-described political independent with right-leaning economic views, promoting freedom of the marketplace, decreased federal spending and personal responsibility. Stewart typically takes a pragmatic approach to policy, supporting singlepayer health care, a progressive tax structure and continued subsidization of public broadcasting and other social goods.
NEWS
Yamanaka Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine
So Who Won? After any debate, people naturally want to know who won. In this case, although both Rumble participants were awarded professional wrestlingstyle belts by the moderator, E.D. Hill, the answer is unarguably Stewart. He is smarter, wittier and frankly has a far more nuanced understanding of the interaction of social and economic policy than O’Reilly does. There is only one area where Stewart does not match up with O’Reilly—his height. To combat this, Stewart (at 5-foot-7 to O’Reilly’s 6-foot-4) had a hydraulic platform placed behind his podium, which he
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All Hands on Deck
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Six years ago, Yamanaka discovered that by adding just four genes into adult skin cells in mice, he could induce the cells to become like embryonic stem cells. He called them induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.
Yamanaka induced adult skin cells in mice to become like embryonic stem cells By Yi Lu Staff Writer
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Pharmacy Sailing Tour and Cruise, 2012. On Sept. 22, first-year pharmacy students headed out to the Modern Sailing School and Club in Sausalito for a day of sun-soaked adventuring, as a part of orientation activities. Highlights included exploring Sausalito, visiting the Bay Model, and, of course, sailing. Aboard the ship, dolphins were spotted, Titanic poses recreated, and most importantly, bonds were formed. By Linda Chen
Linda Chen is a first-year pharmacy student.
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hinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a professor of anatomy at UCSF as well as a senior investigator at the university-affiliated Gladstone Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine on Monday “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.” Yamanaka, 50, whose primary academic appointment is at Kyoto University in Japan, shares the award with Sir John B. Gurdon, 79, of the University of Cambridge. “This is a wonderful day for Dr. Yamanaka, UCSF, the Gladstone Institute, Kyoto University and the world,” said Chancellor Susan
Desmond-Hellmann. “Dr. Yamanaka’s work exemplifies the potential of basic research to transform our understanding of human cell and molecular biology, and to use this knowledge to work toward the development of treatments for currently intractable diseases. He has opened up a whole new field of discovery, and our scientists are working hard to advance the research.” UCSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Dr. Yamanaka came to UCSF by way of a postdoctoral fellowship in 1993, after completing his MD, orthopedic surgery residency and PhD in Japan. During his stay in San
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