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Duke in the News: March 17, 2006

Report Concludes Polio Drugs Are Needed -- After Eradication | Bioterror Agent Sarin Causes Long-Term Genetic Damage | Op-Ed: The Line-Item Veto Strikes Out, and more!

REPORT CONCLUDES POLIO DRUGS ARE NEEDED--AFTER DISEASE IS ERADICATED Science magazine, March 17 -- A committee chaired by Dr. Samuel Katz, an infectious-disease specialist at Duke, thinks about what comes next after polio is eradicated. Full story

BIOTERROR AGENT SARIN CAUSES LONG-TERM GENETIC DAMAGE (Tucson) KOLD-TV, HealthDay News, March 16 -- The toxic chemical sarin, a potential bioterrorism agent, causes devastating, long-term damage to genes controlling numerous brain functions, a team of Duke researchers report. (Story also appeared on Yahoo! News and more than 70 other news outlets.) ... Full story

OP-ED: THE LINE-ITEM VETO STRIKES OUT (Raleigh) News & Observer, March 17 -- "The current Congress is Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays all wrapped into one muscle-bound package," says Michael Munger, professor and chair of the political science department at Duke. ... Full story

DOCTOR WAGES INFORMATION WAR ON COLON CANCER Herald-Sun, March 17 -- Duke physician Joanne Wilson is waging an information war against a deadly adversary, hoping to persuade more people to get screenings that could save their lives from the second leading type of cancer. ... Full story

MEET THE NEW MONASTICS San Francisco Chronicle, March 13 -- Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, a 25-year-old divinity student at Duke, is one of the leaders of the "new monasticism" movement. ... Full story

THE IRISH IN US The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 17 -- As Natasha Casey tells it in her new collection of essays from Duke University Press, "selling Irishness" is lucrative and widespread, upmarket and homey, ranging from tchotchkes to heritage tours and theme weddings. Full story

DUKE CRUISES TO NCAA VICTORY The New York Times, Reuters, March 17 -- J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams both scored 29 points to lead the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils to an easy 70-54 win over Southern University in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Duke Tops Scrappy Southern Team ... Full story USA Today: With Two No. 1 Seeds, ACC Breeding Women's Powers ... Full story Newsweek: Cisco Plans Its Home Invasion (Duke alumnus and fan John Chambers) Full story (Durham) Independent Weekly: Behind Enemy Lines -- Tar Heels in K-Ville ... Full story

ON THE AIR    Tavis Smiley sits down with Duke historian emeritus John Hope Franklin on Friday night's program. Check local listings. Details    Ross McKinney, vice dean of research at the Duke University School of Medicine, joined a discussion Friday on "The State of Things" about testing currently under way at Duke of the experimental blood substitute PolyHeme. Listen to a rebroadcast at 6 a.m. Saturday on WUNC Radio or later to archived audio. ... Details