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Duke in the News: Jan. 23, 2006

Beating Back the Blues | Discoveries: Coiled Springs Sighted Inside Human Cells | Bin Laden Tape a Fake?, and more!

BEATING BACK THE BLUES Newsweek, Jan. 30 -- Patients are seeing benefits from a new approach to late-life depression developed by researchers at Duke. ... Full story

DISCOVERIES: COILED SPRINGS SIGHTED INSIDE HUMAN CELLS The Boston Globe, Jan. 23 -- A team of scientists led by Duke's Piotr Marszalek has found powerful, natural "nanosprings" that might one day be used in miniature machines. (See third item.) ... Full story --Also, LiveScience: Strong Molecule-Sized Springs Discovered ... Full story Science Blog: Protein 'Nanosprings' Most Resilient in Nature ... Full story

BIN LADEN TAPE A FAKE? Fox News Channel's "Heartland with John Kasich," Jan. 21 -- Duke religion professor Bruce Lawrence, who has edited translations of Osama bin Laden's statements, says he is doubtful Thursday's audiotape is a new message from the al-Qaida leader. (Transcript not available online.) --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Professor Doubts bin Laden Is Alive or Well ... Full story (Durham) ABC 11 News: Duke Professor Skeptical of bin Laden Tape ... Full story

OP-ED: AN EMBRYONIC GIVE AND TAKE (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 23 -- Women and men across America who are faced with reproductive decisions have been left out of the public debate over abortion, says Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Duke Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities. ... Full story

FDA CONSIDERS OVER-THE-COUNTER FAT-BLOCKING PILL The (Toronto) Globe and Mail, Jan. 21 -- Dr. Howard Eisenson, director of the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, discusses a diet pill that blocks the absorption of fat and is being considered for over-the-counter sales. (AP story also appeared on CBSNews.com and more than 537 other news sites.) ... Full story

STATE OF OUR DISUNION National Journal, Jan. 21 -- Duke political scientists David Rohde and John Aldrich depict the increasing split in Congress by pointing to the historic shifts in voting blocs. (In print edition only; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)

MLK EXHIBIT FEATURES DUKE EMPLOYEES Herald-Sun, Jan. 21 -- Part of Duke's Martin Luther King celebration, 12 Medical Center employees are depicted in the exhibit, "Gathering in the Stories," which opened Friday at Duke Clinics. ... Full story

DOCTOR FINDS TIME TO OPERATE AS THE STAR ON 'THE BACHELOR' Indianapolis Star, Jan. 22 -- ABC calls him the best-looking bachelor yet in the most romantic season of "The Bachelor" ever. Duke alumnus Dr. Travis Stork also may be the most reluctant bachelor ever. ... Full story