UCSD Physician-Scientist Colloquium

Monday Evening, October 25th in the Leichtag Auditorium (Room 107)

         6:00 - 7:00 P.M.   Hors d'Oeuvres & Social Hour                  
7:00 - 7:40 P.M.   Biomedical Magazine Review Club      
      7:40 - 8:00 P.M    Career Perspectives of a Physician-Scientist

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Biomedical Magazine Review
 Articles for Discussion

Kenneth Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine
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 		"Rescue of cardiac deficits in Id knockout embryos by injection of  embryonic stem cells," by Fraidenraich  et al. SCIENCE. 2004; 306:247-52.
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John M. Carethers, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Gastroenterology Division
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 		“Detection of HIV-1 and HCV infections among antibody-negative blood donors by nucleic acid-amplification testing,” by Stramer et al.  NEJM.  2004;351:760.
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John B. West, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Medicine & Physiology

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 		Pulmonary circulation and the blood-gas barrier.  Ventilation-perfusion inequality in the lung.  High altitude medicine and pulmonary function of astronauts.