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Tina Nova "A Daydreamer from Delano who rocketed to biotech superstardom" - UT special section "phenomenal women in Business" featuring her as the lead story

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/phenomenal-women-series/story/2021-09-25/tina-nova-a-daydreamer-from-delano-who-rocketed-to-biotech-superstardom
 * She played a key role in developing the prostate specific antigen test, credited by some for helping slash prostate cancer death rates by 30 percent during the 1990s. Since then, she’s gone on to lead one successful biotech company after another, selling firms for hundreds of millions of dollars. Since then, she’s gone on to lead one successful biotech company after another, selling firms for hundreds of millions of dollars.
 * In 2002, she was tapped to serve as the first female chair of Biocom, a California life science trade group that now represents 1,400 companies. In 2007, she won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in San Diego life sciences.
 * Age = 68 as of Sept. 26, 2021, lives with her husband near Del Mar
 * U.C. Irvine
 * Doctorate in biochemistry at U.C. Riverside
 * https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/veracyte-to-acquire-decipher-biosciences/
 * Las Vegas quickie marriage annulled: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2007/mar/01/vegas-quickies/

from a dead website: Dr. Nova was a co-founder of Nanogen, a provider of molecular diagnostic tests, and served as its chief operating officer and president from 1994 to 2000.

Video: Biotechnology executive and entrepreneur Tina Nova, a 1982 doctoral graduate from UCR, addresses the 13th Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research. Nova is the chief executive officer of Genoptix, Inc., the fourth biotechnology firm she has co-founded in the San Diego area. (#11365)

Mike Schaefer
Mike Schaefer (one LA Times article suggests his name is John Michael Schaefer and says he is an attorney. May not be the same person but says former SD councilman.) LA Times usually says Michael Schaefer.

http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/michael-schaefer LA Times articles

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sdut-mike-schaefer-nevada-election-ballot-removed-court-2014may19-story.html May 19, 2014

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sdut-michael-schaefer-electionl-mayor-palm-springs-2015oct19-story.html Oct 19, 2015

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/10/01/michael-schaefer-still-laughing-years/73177840/ October 1, 2015

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/11/mike-schaefer-congress-nevada/80263022/ Feb 11, 2016

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/may/03/ticker-mike-schaefer-80-running-office-again/ May 3, 2018

The entire Notable research/achievements section was removed from Stanford Medical School.


 * 1956 - First use in Western hemisphere of linear accelerator to treat cancer
 * 1960 - First kidney transplant in California
 * 1964 - Demonstration of electrical stimulation of auditory nerve in deaf patients, paving the way for cochlear implants
 * 1968 - First adult human heart transplant in the United States
 * 1970 - Leonard Herzenberg develops the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) which revolutionizes the study of cancer cells and will be essential for purification of adult stem cells
 * 1974 - Isolation of genome of a virus that causes hepatitis B and a common form of liver cancer
 * 1975 - Discovery of link between exercise and increased “good” (HDL) cholesterol levels
 * 1979 - Discovery of dynorphin, a brain chemical 200 times more powerful than morphine
 * 1981 - First successful human combined heart/lung transplant in the world (fourth attempted worldwide)
 * 1984 - Isolation of a gene coding for part of the T-cell receptor, a key to the immune system’s function
 * 1988 - Isolation of pure hematopoietic stem cells from mice
 * 1992 - Development of a genetically engineered vaccine to enhance patients’ immunological response against B-cell lymphoma
 * 1993 - First clinical trial testing methods for preventing eating disorders in adolescents
 * 1996 - Discovery that the p53 protein, known to be involved in controlling cancerous tumors, works as an “emergency brake” on cancer development
 * 2000 - Solution of the structure of the RNA polymerase protein, a pivotal molecule that copies genes from DNA to RNA
 * 2005 - Discovery of obestatin, a hormone that suppresses appetite
 * 2007 - Application and expansion of optogenetics, a technique to control brain cell activity with light
 * 2009 - Discovery of a "don't-eat-me" signal that allows blood cancer stem cells to migrate safely through the body
 * 2009 - Discovery of the first human bladder cancer stem cell
 * 2010 - For the first time, researchers use a healthy person's complete genome sequence to predict his risk for dozens of diseases
 * 2013 - Karl Deisseroth's development of the CLARITY technique for rendering intact tissues transparent
 * 2013 - A new technique induces egg growth in infertile women, and one gives birth
 * 2014 - Study finds infusion of young blood recharges brains of old mice
 * 2014 - First study to show no survival benefit for bilateral mastectomy for breast cancer patients
 * 2014 - Discovery of abnormalities in the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2015 - Scientists find genetic signature enabling early, accurate sepsis diagnosis
 * 2015 - Discovery of iron-containing inflammatory cells seen in Alzheimer’s brains that could be used to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer’s patients earlier than what is currently possible
 * 2015 - Researchers genetically engineer yeast to produce opioids, a faster and less expensive technique that could improve access to medicines in impoverished nations
 * 2015 - Discovery of a bacterial community in pregnant women that is linked to preterm birth

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