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Headline News: Biochemists receive $1.7 million grant to study heart disease
Posted: Friday, September 21, 2012
In a window-lined, almost-new laboratory at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, a team of biochemists led by Reto Asmis, Ph.D., will spend the next four years studying newly discovered causes of cardiovascular disease. Their discoveries could lead to new drugs designed to prevent or reduce the severity of heart ailments. .....more»
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Headline News: Childhood virus RSV shows promise against adult cancer
Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2012
New research from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio shows that RSV, a virus that causes respiratory infections in infants and young children, selectively kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Santanu Bose, Ph.D., of the School of Medicine, is the inventor of a pending U.S. patent of RSV as an oncolytic therapy, with human trials involving RSV being planned for the U.S......more»
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Headline News: Promotoras to lead Latinas in physical activity study
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Latinas are less physically active than Latino men, leading to obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases. Deborah Parra-Medina, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor at the Institute for Health Promotion Research in the School of Medicine, is leading a new $3.48 million study to help Latinas increase their activity level with the help of <i>promotoras</li> — trained community health workers......more»
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Headline News: PSA study contrasts national task force recommendation
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
PSA testing may be under fire by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, but a paper published Aug. 23 in the <i>Journal of Urology</i> by Ian M. Thompson, M.D., shows that prostate cancer deaths have declined sharply since the test came into regular use. Dr. Thompson is director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio......more»
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Headline News: Barshop Institute contributes to NIA calorie restriction study
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Faculty from the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio contributed a core research service to a National Institute on Aging (NIA) study reported Aug. 29 online in <i>Nature</i>. Wenbo Qi, Ph.D., and Walter Ward, Ph.D., from the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies were co-authors on the study that found calorie restriction did not extend years of life or reduce age-related deaths......more»
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Headline News: SHP receives grant to improve minority, military graduation
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
The School of Health Professions is starting a three-part project with community colleges and The University of Texas at San Antonio to encourage more underserved and underrepresented students to earn bachelor’s degree in respiratory care, clinical laboratory science and physical therapy. The program will focus on minority students, active military members and veterans who are earning or already have associate’s degrees. .....more»
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Headline News: HSC joins UTSA in Center for Innovation in Drug Discovery
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Taking homegrown discoveries — research findings observed in laboratories in San Antonio — and turning them into drugs to treat disease is the focus of the Center for Innovation in Drug Discovery being built at both The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio. Bruce Nicholson, Ph.D., is co-director for the UT Health Science Center......more»
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Headline News: Sports medicine collaboration announced
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Some of San Antonio’s best orthopaedic physicians ― doctors who specialize in sports medicine surgery, patient care and rehabilitation ― are joining forces under the new UT Medicine Sports Medicine Institute. This collaboration brings together faculty from UT Medicine San Antonio, the clinical practice of the School of Medicine, with physicians from Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio......more»
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Headline News: UT System OKs new Academic Learning and Teaching Center
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has authorized a $45 million Academic Learning and Teaching Center to be constructed at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The 125,000-square-foot center will include a state-of-the-art gross anatomy teaching facility needed to train medical, dental, nursing and health professions students. It will also provide additional classroom space and lecture halls......more»
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Headline News: CARE website provides resources for behavioral concerns
Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Feeling safe while working or going to school at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is something most of us take for granted. However, there could be times when you feel concerned, uncomfortable or perhaps even threatened by the behavior of others. Visit the Campus Awareness Requires Everyone (CARE) website for resources to help avoid campus violence.
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