Duke in the News: Jan. 10, 2003
More Clues to Gulf War Vets' Illnesses | World Class Educator | Duke Divinity Receives Gifts to Boost Construction | Vampire Bat Saliva May Treat Stroke, and more...
Friday, January 10, 2003
MORE CLUES TO GULF WAR VETS' ILLNESSES
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 10 -- A trio of chemicals used to
protect troops against insect-borne diseases and nerve gas
poisoning during the Gulf War -- substances expected to be used in
any future attack on Iraq -- may be the cause of infertility and
sexual dysfunction among veterans of the 1991 war, Duke researchers
have concluded. ...
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--Also, KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, N.M.): Gulf War Chemicals
May Damage Testes
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WORLD CLASS EDUCATOR
Black Issues in Higher Education, Jan. 2 -- Grant Parker, an
assistant professor of Classical Studies at Duke University, has
been selected by the national newsmagazine Black Issues in Higher
Education as one of nine outstanding "rising stars" in academia.
...Full
story
DUKE DIVINITY RECEIVES GIFTS TO BOOST
CONSTRUCTION
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 10 -- Four gifts totaling $3.1
million will help fund construction of an addition to Duke
University Divinity School. ...
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VAMPIRE BAT SALIVA MAY TREAT STROKE
Newsday, Jan. 10 -- A substance in the saliva of vampire bats may
prove a safer blood-clot dissolver than the current treatment for
stroke. However, Larry Goldstein, professor of medicine and
director of the stroke center at Duke University and chairman of
the American Stroke Association's advisory committee, offers a
cautionary comment. ...
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--Also: BBC News: Vampire Bat Saliva Eyed for Stroke Drug
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story
Charlotte Observer: Ingredient in Vampire Bat Saliva May Aid
Stroke
Patients
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BULLET GRAZES DUKE EMPLOYEE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 10 -- A Duke employee was treated
for minor injuries to his wrist Thursday after a stray bullet near
a university dorm grazed him, police said. ...Full
story
--Also, WRAL.com: Duke Employee Grazed By Apparent Stray
Bullet
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story
ALPHA REHNQUIST
Law.com, Jan. 8 -- Duke University law Professor H. Jefferson
Powell, comments on the Rehnquist Court's powerful jurisprudence.
...
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A HOPEFUL HEART
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 10 -- Jesica's Hope Chest, a
charity to aid ill children, including ones at Duke University
Hospital, is buoyed by sale of first house. ...
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