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CTRC clinical trial enables cancer patient to achieve dream
May 28, 2009
A California woman makes the 2,300-mile roundtrip to South Central Texas twice a month to take part in a clinical trial at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.
To bypass or stent, that is the question
May 28, 2009
Whether a patient should have coronary-artery bypass surgery or stents depends on many factors and, in the majority of cases, should not be decided until a team of medical professionals has weighed in on the patient’s data.
Study sheds more light on Lou Gehrig’s disease mystery
May 27, 2009
X-ray crystal structures reveal negative traits of badly acting molecules
Nearly 90 percent of graduating nursing students already have jobs
May 19, 2009
In stark contrast to the bleak employment outlook for the college class of 2009, nearly 90 percent of nursing graduates from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio already have jobs.
Mayes named president and CEO of UT Medicine San Antonio
May 18, 2009
Thomas C. Mayes, M.D., M.B.A., chairman of pediatrics at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, is the new president and chief executive officer of UT Medicine San Antonio, the multispecialty practice group composed of Health Science Center School of Medicine faculty physicians.
May 18 lecture focuses on nanotechnology’s medical applications
May 12, 2009
Miniaturizing devices to a billion times smaller than a meter may one day help heart attack patients and others.
Cancer prevention researcher named to influential Texas cancer funding group
April 30, 2009
Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will advise the new state agency known as CPRIT, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
UT Health Science Center invites public to cholesterol lecture, cornerstone unveiling for 200,000-square-foot research building
April 30, 2009
Two events – both of which are free and open to the public – will celebrate “Groundbreaking Discovery” on Tuesday, May 5, at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.
UTSA, Health Science Center Collaborate with Merck & Co., Inc., to Develop Chlamydia Vaccine
April 27, 2009
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Health Science Center) today announced an exclusive license and sponsored research agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., to develop a vaccine for chlamydia, targeting the common sexually transmitted bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Human resources vice president to chair national board
April 22, 2009
Mary Maher, M.A., vice president for human resources at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been chosen chair-elect of the board of directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), a national organization.