Two studies led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientist have revealed comparable genes that control what cells become in both mice and a common worm, findings that may lead to expediting research on human-blood diseases.
A common drug given to multiple sclerosis patients appears to stimulate weakened immune system cells, according to a study published by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Until now, the only option for women who wanted to plump up thin lips was either lip-liner makeup or collagen injections that work only temporarily. But a new synthetic material used by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas offers a permanent alternative that creates fuller, more defined lips.
UT Southwestern researchers have established a link between human non-Hodgkins lymphomas and a monkey virus carried by some people, possibly opening new avenues for detection, prevention and treatment.
Leptin replacement therapy drastically reduces triglyceride levels and controls diabetes in patients with rare fat disorders known as lipodystrophies, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have brought to light new information about how bacteria capture iron from the human body, and the work has implications for the design of novel antibiotics.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have identified the underlying mechanism by which cocaine triggers hypertensive crisis, the most severe form of high blood pressure and one of the most common cocaine-related, cardiovascular emergencies in the United States.
Long-term infection with a bacteria that causes pneumonia could lead to chronic asthma, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers report.
Diabetics are no longer limited to a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet, according to the latest guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association. While that is still considered a healthy diet, they may now choose a high-monounsaturated diet instead.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have received a $1.7M grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of aging on the heart and to determine if an endurance exercise-training program can prevent or treat congestive heart failure in the elderly.
Dr. Claus Roehrborn, the newly appointed chairman of urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, foresees enormous opportunities for the Department of Urology.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are a step closer to defining the function of two proteins involved in neurotransmitter release, which initiates communication between neurons in the brain.
In one of the most ambitious medical experiments ever conducted aboard a space shuttle, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas space researchers have pinpointed the mechanism responsible for the brief loss of consciousness and lightheadedness that many astronauts experience in the upright posture after space flight. The findings have broad application to medicine, both in space and on earth.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report that contact lenses, both rigid and soft, made from new hyper-oxygen transmissible materials are expected to reduce the possibility of bacterial infection better than contact lenses currently on the market. Based in part on these findings, the Food and Drug Administration recently approved hyper-oxygen transmissible contact lenses for 30-day continuous wear.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have developed a quicker, more cost-efficient method of delivering dendritic cell-based vaccines -- a discovery that moves anti-tumor vaccines closer to a practical reality.
Dr. William Maxwell Cowan, former chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a world-renowned neurobiologist known for research on brain function, has joined the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas faculty.
Two neuroscientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas collaborated with cancer investigators in New York and Australia to determine the structures of protein molecules that bind together to initiate two-way signaling between human cells.
Dr. Tricia Suppes has long been concerned about the 1.9 million Americans with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness. That's why she's investigating a new use for an old therapy: acupuncture.
Two out of three statins, powerful drugs lauded for dramatically lowering low-density lipoproteins (LDL) - the bad cholesterol - have been found to significantly decrease another risk factor for coronary-artery disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas reported.
The Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas, now in its 19th year of supporting laboratory and clinical research, has helped bring one of the world's most promising young pediatric hematologist/oncologists to UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Automated external defibrillators, portable 4-pound devices used to restore cardiac activity after sudden cardiac arrest, have the potential to save as many as 50,000 lives yearly and are expected to become as widespread as fire extinguishers, say researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Dr. William E. Johnston, former chief of cardiothoracic anesthesiology at UT Medical Branch in Galveston, has been named chairman of anesthesiology and pain management at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved grants totaling $3.6M -- more than any other medical center in the state -- to fund 19 research projects at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. More than $61M in grants was distributed to Texas universities under the state-funded 2001 Advanced Research Program and Advanced Technology Program.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas have linked abnormal secretion of alpha interferon to the malfunctioning immune systems of young patients with lupus, a disease that can damage kidneys, skin, heart and other organs in children and can be fatal without early treatment.
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attack and daily reports of anthrax exposures, UT Southwestern officials convened a panel of experts to discuss bioterrorism - the psychology of a terrorist, how to recognize and respond to a bioterrorist attack, and UT Southwestern's innovative research approaches to counteract bioterrorism.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have begun to reveal the cellular mechanisms critical for restoring brain functions after traumatic injuries - a step that could lead to effective treatments of paralysis and other brain and spinal-cord damage.
Space researchers at UT Southwestern have received a $1.7M grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study why the heart decreases in size during long-term space travel.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have found that using sustained-release sodium fluoride with calcium citrate and vitamin D safely reduces the risk for vertebral fractures while increasing spinal bone mass in older women with osteoporosis.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has developed a gynecological cancer genetics clinic in conjunction with the medical center's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. Recently, it had also begun to serve community patients at Parkland.
Marysol Rojas' mission is to teach women to talk with each other about cancer, especially cancer that attacks their ovaries, the deadliest women's cancer. That's why she volunteered for a study at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where researchers are developing a test for ovarian cancer.
Dr. Norman F. Gant Jr., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. Eric Olson, chairman of molecular biology, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a component of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have found that elevated levels of a cardiac hormone is predictive of an increased risk of death or heart failure in patients with complications of coronary artery disease.
Doctors at UT Southwestern killed a tumor on one of a patients kidneys with radiofrequency ablation, which involved only a needle and a CAT scan. After a one-hour procedure at Zale Lipshy University Hospital, the patient was back home, cancer-free.
A landmark heart disease study at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which will continue for at least seven more months, has already identified a large number of study participants who have undiagnosed high blood pressure or diabetes.
Six months of exercise can reverse the decline in physical conditioning associated with aging, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas reported in a 30-year follow-up to the 1966 landmark Dallas Bed Rest and Training Study.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered a biochemical pathway that helps describe how neurons in the brain and spinal cord form their connections. Further study into the new data could lead to discoveries in nerve regrowth and regeneration.
To focus at the molecular-level on the mechanics of human cells with a clarity rarely possible, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will install a $1.6 million state-of-the-art electron microscope and related equipment, officials said today.
Stroke patients who take an amphetamine before speech-language therapy regain their speech at a faster rate than patients who go through speech-language therapy without the drugs, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers report.
Despite hemophilia's persistent threat of prolonged bleeding, children with the disease run a high risk of developing dangerous internal blood clots from long-term central venous catheter implants, according to research at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Two common findings from a traditional physical examination can provide important information for the 5 million Americans diagnosed with heart failure, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
People who want to brighten their smiles are opting for over-the-counter bleaching kits instead of visiting their dentist's office. While generally safe, these products have the potential to cause an infection or nerve damage, say UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas oral surgeons.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in collaboration with scientists at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have discovered a previously unknown connection between Lkb1, a tumor-suppressor gene associated with a rare genetic disorder called Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a key regulator of blood vessels.
Physicians should consider the possibility of cocaine use as a culprit when young adults are brought to emergency rooms for nontraumatic chest pains, according to researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
A biochemistry team from the Department of Veterans Affairs and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has identified a glucose-sensitive protein that translates excessively high-carbohydrate intake into body fat, especially when combined with a sedentary lifestyle.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report that administering replacement estrogen via a skin patch is superior to oral estrogen replacement therapy in lowering blood pressure and sympathetic nerve activity - the neural control of blood pressure - in postmenopausal women.
A new liposuction device that varies the amount of ultrasound used is enabling UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas plastic surgeons to help patients recover with less bruising and discomfort than traditional ultrasound-assisted liposuction.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have found a protein that controls the development of the heart - a discovery that could contribute to novel methods of creating heart cells which could be used in the treatment of various cardiac conditions.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientists discovered that genes near human telomeres can be silenced. This may help explain how and why humans age.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered a link between insulin signaling and certain tumor-suppressor genes that may lead to significant progress in diabetes and cancer research.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have shown that labor induction alone does not increase the probability of Caesarean section in pregnant women who exceed their due date.
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