Cytogenetics Laboratory certified to offer first FDA-approved microarray testing

January 16, 2015

The Clinical and Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory of South Texas Reference Laboratories in the Department of Pathology, and UT Medicine San Antonio now offer parents the option of rapid-turnaround, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved microarray testing.

UT Health Science Center School of Nursing helps establish new national organization for Hispanic faculty nurses

January 15, 2015

The School of Nursing is forming and hosting the first board meeting of the National Latino Nurses Faculty Association.

Dual-degree programs rank highly in number of NIH fellowships

January 14, 2015

Dual-degree programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are thriving, according to the percentage of students supported by highly competitive and scarce National Institutes of Health (NIH) fellowship awards.

Patterson appointed to CDC infection control committee

January 12, 2015

Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S., of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been appointed to serve on the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Molecules seen binding to HIV-1’s protective capsule, blocking infection

December 30, 2014

Dmitri Ivanov, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has published a study that offers clues about HIV-1 capsid disassembly.

4 Valley residency programs attain initial accreditation

December 29, 2014

The School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg announced that four new physician residency programs at DHR have earned initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.