San Antonio studies seek to understand who – and how fast – prostate cancer will strike
December 28, 2010
The CTRC is currently enrolling patients for three studies aiming to find a blood or urine test that would read prostate cancer biomarkers
Longest-lived naked mole rat in captivity dies after 30 years
December 21, 2010
After living a world-record three decades in captivity, a naked mole rat — affectionately known as Old Man — has died at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Promising targeted leukemia therapy helps patients in CTRC Phase I clinical trial
December 16, 2010
Daniel Gilbert, 72, moved here from Fort Worth to be near his son after becoming very ill with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Protein restores learning, memory in Alzheimer’s model
December 15, 2010
Scientists at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio restored learning and memory in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model by increasing a protein called CBP.
Some tumors on the adrenal gland more hereditary than previously thought
December 15, 2010
In a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association comparing two types of neural tumors that develop in or on the adrenal gland, researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio determined that one of them is associated with several mutations of a specific gene.
Harvard’s Pronio-Stelluto heads medical alumni association at UT Health Science Center San Antonio
December 14, 2010
Valerie Pronio-Stelluto, M.D., of West Roxbury, Mass., recently was installed as president of the School of Medicine Alumni Association at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.