Headline News: Bat flower research attracts biomedical investor    
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Promising new potential anti-cancer agents isolated at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio have attracted the attention — and investment — of Dallas-based investment fund Remeditex Ventures, LLC. Remeditex recently inked a deal through South Texas Technology Management, a regional technology transfer office, to fund research on compounds derived from those in the bat flower plant......more»

Headline News: M.D.-Ph.D. scholars, STRF to benefit from Adler gift   
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A large group of M.D./Ph.D. students, San Antonio nursing students, UT Health Science Center faculty members and Baptist Health System officials gathered at the South Texas Research Facility (STRF) on Nov. 5 to celebrate $1.5 million in gifts. The gifts were from the estate of Laura A. Adler in memory of her husband, Harry F. Adler, M.D., Ph.D. .....more»

Headline News: Free lecture to support families caring for cancer patients   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
A cancer diagnosis can be life-changing, not only for patients, but also for their loved ones. Family members often help manage chores, finances, meals and more for the patient while trying to keep their own lives on track. Managing those pressures is the focus of a free public lecture on Nov. 8 at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio......more»

Headline News: Apply for Exito! training/internships by March 1   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Applications are now available for the 2013 <i>Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training</i> program at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Twenty master’s-level students and master’s-trained health professions from across the nation will be selected for the five-day institute June 3-7 in San Antonio. .....more»

Headline News: Children’s cardio-metabolic risk affected by activity level   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Just as a mingling of air masses and currents can create the perfect storm, the interaction of genetics and environment can create a perfect storm of cardio-metabolic risk in children. A study of more than 670 Mexican-American children, conducted by the UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Texas Biomedical Research, found strong interactions between low- and high-physical-activity environments and children’s underlying genetic makeup......more»

Headline News: School of Nursing to host diversity summit Nov. 7   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the Texas Diversity Council are hosting the 2012 Greater San Antonio Healthcare Diversity Summit. The summit will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the School of Nursing’s Nancy Smith Hurd Auditorium......more»

Headline News: CTRC oncologist to lead statewide liver cancer trial   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Devalingam Mahalingam, M.D., an oncologist at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is principal investigator of a Phase II study that will evaluate the a drug in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer. This is the first study to be launched by the Statewide Clinical Trials Network of Texas......more»

Headline News: Presidential Distinguished Lecture to be held Nov. 2   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Nobel Laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., will present the 2012 Presidential Distinguished Lecture at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Presiner is director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco. The lecture, to be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, is free and open to the public......more»

Headline News: Linda Smith, Ph.D., receives $450,000 grant for CLS   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Linda Smith, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS) at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, has been awarded one of the initial University of Texas System Teaching STARS grants. This two-year $450,000 grant will be used to purchase new equipment for the department’s teaching laboratory. .....more»

Headline News: Dental School breaks ground on new era of clinical practice   
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Leaders of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio broke ground Oct. 26 on the Center for Oral Health Care & Research. The $95 million Dental School facility will transform academic dentistry for decades to come in South Texas. The building will be located on Floyd Curl Drive in the South Texas Medical Center......more»