Duke in the News: July 20, 2007

GENES THAT CONTROL HIV LEVELS DETECTED Boston Globe, Reuters, July 20 -- A Duke-led international team of scientists has pinpointed three genes that help some HIV-infected people rein in the virus and postpone the onset of AIDS in a finding that may help guide vaccine and drug development, they said yesterday. ... Full story --Also, (London) Independent: Genome Survey Provides Clue to HIV's 'Achilles Heel' ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Team Finds Clues to Resisting HIV ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke-led Team Zeroes In on HIV Vaccine Development ... Full story San Francisco Chronicle: Study Sees Hope for Controlling New HIV Cases ... Full story

UNC, DUKE TO STUDY MUSLIM COMMUNITY News & Observer, July 20 -- Researchers at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill will join for a two-year study on how American Muslims address messages of extremism in their communities, the universities announced Thursday. ... Full story

MONKEY STUDY: ANATOMY MAY UNLOCK EVOLUTION LINKS Newsday, July 20 -- Elwyn L. Simons, director of the fossil primates division at the Duke Lemur Center, has edited a study that turns conventional wisdom on its prehistoric head when it comes to determining relationships between fossils and living animals. ... Full story

AMERICAN SCIENCE PLATEAU Inside Higher Ed, July 20 -- Duke is among nine major research universities surveyed for a report looking at why there has been a flattening of growth in science and engineering publishing. ... Full story

OCEANS: FRAGILE FRONTIERS IN THE ABYSS Science, July 20 -- Cindy Lee Van Dover, director of Duke's marine lab at Beaufort, reviews Tony Koslow's "The Silent Deep." ... Full story

THREE REPUBLICANS WILL RUN FOR DURHAM CITY COUNCIL SEATS News & Observer, July 20 -- Laney Funderburk, retired Duke University alumni director and vice chairman of the Durham County Republican Party, has filed as a City Council candidate -- his first bid for public office. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Mark Anthony Neal, author and associate professor of black popular culture at Duke, will be one of the commentators for a series on NPR's "Tell Me More" exploring "1967: The (Soul) Summer of Love." The series, which began Thursday, will feature music from and discussion of that summer's creative explosion in soul music. Listen locally from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. weeknights on 90.7 WNCU-FM. Link to archived audio. ... Details/listen Peter Agre, vice chancellor of science and technology at Duke and 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, will be Bill Friday's guest on this week's North Carolina People, airing on UNC-TV at 9 p.m. Friday, with an encore presentation at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. ... Details