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Released: 29-Nov-2018 1:00 PM EST
Baylor Scott & White Health Breaks Ground on New Sports and Orthopedic Center
Baylor Scott and White Health

Baylor Scott & White Health is announced today on a new facility with a goal of promoting the community’s health and wellbeing while advancing sports medicine and injury prevention in the Waco area.

Released: 28-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
Scientists solve longtime mystery in innate immunity
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists have long wondered how one protein, NLRP3, can promote inflammation in response to a wide range of seemingly unrelated stimuli.

Released: 20-Nov-2018 3:30 PM EST
Time for Young Men to Get Smart About Testicular Cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In November, some men grow mustaches to bring attention to men’s health issues. It’s also a good time for young men to learn about testicular cancer, the cancer that is most likely to strike them in the prime of life.

Released: 20-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
Enzyme Discovery Points Researchers Toward Starving Lung Cancer as a Potential Treatment
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researchers have found that an enzyme on the surface of some lung cancer cells helps feed the cancer, making it a tempting treatment target.

15-Nov-2018 3:00 PM EST
DNA Vaccine Reduces Both Toxic Proteins Linked to Alzheimer’s
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A DNA vaccine tested in mice reduces accumulation of both types of toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to research that scientists say may pave the way to a clinical trial.

Released: 14-Nov-2018 5:05 PM EST
African ancestry associated with risk factors for heart failure
UT Southwestern Medical Center

African-Americans are known to have certain cardiac conditions that are linked to a greater occurrence of heart failure at a younger age than Caucasians. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center analyzed data from the Dallas Heart Study to determine why.

Released: 14-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST
UT Southwestern scientists honored as rising stars in Texas research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Two UT Southwestern faculty members have been selected to receive 2019 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).

12-Nov-2018 12:10 PM EST
Latino-Owned Business Growth Lags, Despite Comparable Profitability Trends to White-Owned Businesses
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Report Assesses Barriers to Growth by Examining Latino-Owned Businesses’ Financing Needs and Challenges, and Regional Differences Nationwide

Released: 9-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Elagolix reduces menstrual bleeding from most common uterine tumors
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A new oral drug significantly reduced menstrual bleeding for women with the most common gynecologic tumors in the United States – benign tumors that disproportionately affect African-Americans, an international clinical trial found.

Released: 8-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission Issues 3,000th License
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission has issued 3,426 medical licenses since its launch in 2017.

Released: 5-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
UT Southwestern receives grant from the Amgen Foundation to host Amgen Scholars Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center has been awarded a four-year grant from the Amgen Foundation to provide hands-on laboratory experience to undergraduate students across the North Texas region through the Amgen Scholars Program.

1-Nov-2018 12:20 PM EDT
Reanalyzing Gene Tests Prompt New Diagnoses in Kids
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A new study from UT Southwestern quantifies for the first time how quickly these rapid advancements in genomics may benefit patients. Research published in JAMA Pediatrics includes a five-year review of more than 300 epilepsy cases that showed nearly a third of children had a change in diagnosis based on new data.

Released: 2-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EDT
O’Donnell Brain Institute helps U.S. effort to research learning, memory
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern’s O’Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the neural circuits behind learning, memory, and behavior.

Released: 31-Oct-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Cytokine levels could predict immunotherapy problems
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern have identified blood-based biomarkers that may help identify those patients at greatest risk of developing autoimmune side effects from the treatment.

Released: 30-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Rosen Becomes UT Southwestern’s First Allen Distinguished Investigator
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Biophysicist Dr. Michael Rosen – whose research is at the forefront of work revealing the fundamental process of protein phase transitions within the cell – today became UT Southwestern’s first Allen Distinguished Investigator

Released: 30-Oct-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Dr. W. P. Andrew Lee Selected EVP, Provost, and Dean to Lead UT Southwestern’s Academic Mission
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. W. P. Andrew Lee, a world leader in hand transplantation at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will become the new Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost, and Dean, UT Southwestern Medical School, effective Feb. 4, 2019.

Released: 29-Oct-2018 5:00 AM EDT
First large-scale study establishes guidelines for measuring blood pressure at home in U.S. patients
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A new study of measuring blood pressure at home in U.S. populations has found that the ideal level is 130 over 80 or lower.

Released: 23-Oct-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Researchers find potential new way to target lethal form of leukemia
UT Southwestern Medical Center

New findings raise the possibility of a novel treatment for this subtype of blood and bone marrow cancer – known as acute myeloid leukemia or AML – by attacking a harmful molecule found on the cancerous cells and also reactivating the body’s white blood cells to fight them.

Released: 22-Oct-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Neurofibromatosis patient is comfortable in her own skin
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Charis Curbo says most of the time she doesn’t think about her NF1 and the thousands of tumors coating her back, her trunk, and other areas of her skin. “I’m just who I am. I’ll wear tank tops no matter what.”

Released: 22-Oct-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Marker Found for Condition That Causes Numerous Tumors
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researchers have made a major advance in uncovering the biology of how thousands of disfiguring skin tumors occur in patients troubled by a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). This scientific advance could slow the development of these tumors.



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