Headline News: UT Medicine signs affiliation agreement with MinuteClinic    
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
MinuteClinic, the retail health care division of CVS Caremark, and UT Medicine San Antonio, the academic medical practice of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, have entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance access to high-quality, affordable health care services in the region. .....more»

Headline News: Respiratory care students teach kids about asthma   
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Ask elementary school kids to make artificial “mucus” and have them push it through a cardboard tube representing an inflamed airway, and they get a better understanding of asthma. Respiratory care faculty members and students from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio presented hands-on lessons recently to help children with asthma and their parents understand how to prevent and control the chronic lung disease......more»

Headline News: Four research teams receive UTS quality improvement grants    
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Four groups of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have received Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality grants totaling $414,828 from The University of Texas System. The grants will be used for research, medical education or clinical collaboration projects. Among them is Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, M.D., who received a grant of $169,020......more»

Headline News: Neuroscientist studies how nerves conduct impulses in MS   
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
In multiple sclerosis (MS), the body mistakes the myelin sheath around nerve axons as foreign material and attacks it. New UT Health Science Center San Antonio researcher Manzoor Bhat, Ph.D., professor and chair of physiology, is studying a pair of proteins that play a role in the speed of nerve conduction in hopes of restoring motor function to patients with M.S. .....more»

Headline News: $1.2 million funds studies of Alzheimer’s cell biology   
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Two newly funded grants totaling $1.2 million will support studies of Alzheimer’s disease at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. Principal investigator of the grants is Qitao Ran, Ph.D., an assistant professor of cellular and structural biology in the School of Medicine......more»

Headline News: Unlocking the mysteries of Conrad’s brain   
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Liz Tullis cradles her son, Conrad, and lays him gently down, stroking his feet for reassurance. He has to be relaxed — better yet, asleep — for magnetic resonance imaging. The 10-year-old has anoxic brain injury from a pool accident nine years ago. He is participating in an imaging study at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio to better understand how these injuries affect the brain in order to maximize the children’s life skills. .....more»

Headline News: Screening program to test baby boomers for hepatitis C    
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Hepatitis C virus appears to strike South Texas Hispanics disproportionately, and some persons are not diagnosed until the liver-harming infection is in its late stages. And statistics show that baby boomers born between 1945 and 1965 are at heightened risk. UT Medicine San Antonio and the University Health System have begun a Hepatitis C testing program based on new CDC guidelines. .....more»

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»