UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have taken the first step in defining the sites in human genes most prone to mutation, which eventually could lead to discovery of the genetic bases of many human diseases.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered a gene critical to the development of the human heart and that mutations in the gene lead to congenital heart defects -- the leading noninfectious cause of death in newborns.
Removing a gene that helps control the body's internal clock dramatically changes patterns of sleep, activity and feeding in mice, researchers have discovered.
A strain of E. coli that causes severe, sometimes deadly, intestinal problems relies on signals from beneficial human bacteria and a stress hormone to infect human cells, a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has discovered.
A specific group of brain proteins is essential to activate communication between neurons, and without this group of proteins all functions of the central nervous system are disrupted, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered.
People know to contact a doctor when they're sick or injured. But if they can't sleep, they may benefit by waking up to a new specialty at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and contacting a sleep doctor.
A new finding revealing that the drug finasteride reduces the risk of prostate cancer by nearly 25 percent represents the culmination of three decades of research that began in the early 1970s at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
People who inherit a particular gene involved in lipid metabolism in the brain appear to be at higher risk of developing seizures after traumatic brain injury, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have partially uncovered the stages in the elimination of viral infections and cancer cells by the human immune system, a finding that may lead to better treatments for certain cancers.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have helped discover that an expectant mother's placenta nourishes her fetus by oxidizing fatty acids in addition to providing the developing fetus with glucose -- previously believed to be the placenta's only energy source.
Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the Mayo Clinic have discovered a novel genetic mutation that leads to a debilitating muscle condition known as myasthenia.
Low levels of an enzyme that degrades insulin could increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study in mice by doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Dr. Michael S. Brown and Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, whose groundbreaking studies have led to the development of lifesaving, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs used by millions of people worldwide, have been named co-recipients of the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
Participating in organized sports is one of the safest outdoor activities for children, say physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins also play an important role in reducing levels of a strong predictor of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers.
One-year-old twin brothers Hunter and Haydn Corker of West Texas have all sorts of similarities like blond hair, sparkling blue eyes and infectious laughs. They also have profound hearing loss.
A new generation of drugs restores the immune response blocked by the hepatitis C virus, reducing the virus to nearly undetectable levels in a matter of days, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and UT Medical Branch at Galveston.
Administering estrogen replacement therapy via a skin patch rather than a pill minimizes a cardiovascular risk factor in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Combining two lipid-lowering medications safely and effectively reduces multiple coronary heart disease risk factors, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers.
Inactivating a protein that helps regulate the proliferation of vascular cells increases the chance of developing atherosclerosis, a major cause of heart disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered.
A protein responsible for the assembly of cell cilia -- the hair-like projections from cells -- may cause polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic cause of kidney failure, according to a new study at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Get tips on how to talk honestly to children about war, the realtionship between weight loss and breakfast, making the most of sunscreen, fighting heartburn with gum and getting a jump on diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis.
A deactivation of the immune system in patients infected with HIV could be one way to inhibit progression to the immunodeficiency diseases associated with AIDS, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Emory University report.
March 2003 Health News Tips from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, including information on eye strain, anxiety, heart attacks, West Nile virus and kidney stones.
1) allergy meds not for colds, 2) water amoeba and contact lenses, 3) watch out for ticks, 4) staying safe in electrical storms, 5) treating the ears after leaving the water, and others.
A drug used to treat a rare form of leukemia may not fight the same disease in the central nervous system, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
A drug used for the last 40 years to treat Parkinson's disease increases blood levels of an amino acid that could put patients at increased risk for heart disease, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Ophthalmologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have begun using the newest technology in laser eye surgery, which promises to give patients better vision than traditional laser surgeries and make more people candidates for procedures.
Close observation and testing of patients with cocaine-related chest pain in the first 12 hours after diagnosis is sufficient to safely determine the risk of heart complications, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are helping develop new procedures that may reduce infections and diseases resulting from bone-marrow transplants.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will use a $10 million gift from Mr. and Mrs. William T. Solomon to help develop a model for clinical service in general internal medicine, enabling physicians and staff to center their attention on patients in a time when health care has become increasingly impersonal and perplexing.
A gene regulating muscle formation in fruit flies could play an important role in a wasting disorder in humans, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered.
Through the study of fat storage in nematode worms, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have formulated a new model for understanding the mechanisms of obesity and diabetes in humans.
Angioplasty offers a better prognosis than clot-dissolving medications for treating patients with the deadliest type of heart attack, report researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Dr. Melanie H. Cobb, professor of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, has been named dean of Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, effective Jan.1.
Dr. Mary Ellen Weber -- former NASA astronaut, instrument-rated pilot, world-class skydiver and recent MBA graduate -- has been named associate vice president for commerce and public policy at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
While studying a gene that can cause tumors in the nervous system, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers found the gene's absence in certain blood vessel cells also can trigger cardiovascular problems such as hypertension and congenital heart disease.
Longer dialysis treatment and use of a highly permeable artificial kidney may not improve survival rates or reduce hospitalization of patients with end-stage kidney disease, a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has discovered.
Unintentional acetaminophen overdose is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas shows.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are using magnetic fields to treat diseases in the world's second laboratory dedicated to magnetic seizure therapy (MST) research.
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have identified a new and surprising mechanism by which a class of enzymes responsible for the breakdown of proteins operates.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has received a $9 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a Silvio O. Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Illness.
Three of UT Southwestern Medical Center's Nobel laureates and their colleagues have solved a protein structure that someday could lead to advances against diseases caused by high cholesterol.
Many parents are searching for intellectually stimulating toys for their children this holiday season. But a child psychologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas says that the best toy is one that fosters parent-child interaction.
Heart pumping, adrenaline rushing, feeling out-of-control -- people who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder experience these sensations chronically and unpredictably, leaving them helpless to carry on with their daily life.
Battling skin cancer when he was only 19 years old planted a seed for the future of UT Southwestern postdoctoral researcher Dr. Dan Bennett. That struggle not only led him to become a dermatologist but ultimately into UT Southwestern's new Physician Scientist Training Program.
A researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has helped uncover key information in the treatment of sleep disorders by identifying a gene that controls the rhythmic behavior of animals.
Research about the circadian clock, which regulates the body's activities on a 24-hour cycle, has earned Dr. Jared Rutter the Young Scientist Prize for 2002, a prestigious worldwide recognition presented by Science magazine and Amersham Biosciences.
Two specific genes involved in cholesterol transport are required for the most common way excess cholesterol is expelled from our bodies, according to scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Other researchers have called his discovery good detective work. Dr. Patrick Harran calls it good chemistry, and it's helped him win national acclaim.
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