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South Texas Technology Management serves UT Brownsville, UT-Pan American at Edinburg, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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SAN ANTONIO (June 24, 2009) — South Texas Technology Management (STTM), which serves four University of Texas institutions including The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, today announced $164,000 in seed money for eight research projects that have the potential to one day move research discoveries into commercialization.

The projects cover an array of topics, from more effectively providing acute treatment for stroke to a sensor for emergency telephones to enable automatic communication with security staff during emergencies.

STTM reviews research proposals from faculty inventors at the Health Science Center, The University of Texas at San Antonio, UT-Pan American at Edinburg and UT Brownsville.

STTM’s detailed press release listing the projects, principal investigators and the amounts of the funding, can be viewed on the STTM Web site.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is the leading research institution in South Texas and one of the major health sciences universities in the world. With an operating budget of $668 million, the Health Science Center is the chief catalyst for the $16.3 billion biosciences and health care sector in San Antonio’s economy. The Health Science Center has had an estimated $36 billion impact on the region since inception and has expanded to six campuses in San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Edinburg. More than 26,400 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and other health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. Health Science Center faculty are international leaders in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, aging, stroke prevention, kidney disease, orthopaedics, research imaging, transplant surgery, psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, pain management, genetics, nursing, dentistry and many other fields. For more information, visit www.uthscsa.edu.