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February 7, 2016
Texas on Feb. 12 became the first state in the nation to recommend a ban on the use of bite mark analysis in criminal cases, a decision that could prompt change in courtrooms nationwide. Read the full story at The Dallas Morning News
February 7, 2016
In San Antonio, local health care professionals are preparing for potential cases of Zika virus originating from travel to affected areas outside the United States, and possible local outbreaks in South Texas. The following is from a Jan. 27, 2016 news release from the Univeristy of Texas Health Science Center. Patrick S. Ramsey, M.D., M.S.P.H., […]
February 7, 2016
The search for eternal youth marches on with a new grant from the National Institute on Aging for work to continue on the effects of the drug rapamycin on the lifespan and healthy aging of middle aged marmoset monkeys. The grant comes on the heels of a study with the animals showing the anti-aging drug […]
February 7, 2016
The city of San Antonio’s Department of Human services is looking to hire paid interns for their summer 2016 ambassador program. Read the full story at KSAT 12
February 7, 2016
A Texas commission recommended Feb. 12 that the state suspend the use of bite-mark evidence in criminal cases pending additional research, becoming the first agency in the nation to discredit a forensic technique that has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal
February 7, 2016
An influential Texas scientific panel recommended on Feb. 11 that bite-mark analysis not be admissible as evidence in courts, a decision experts said could lead judicial systems in other states to exclude it too. Read the full story at Reuters