Rapamycin rescues learning, memory in Alzheimer’s mouse model
February 24, 2010
Rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
Motivational speaker promises a “roller coaster ride” at Cancer Center Council luncheon March 23 to benefit CTRC
February 23, 2010
Suzie Humphreys freely admits she makes her living “talking off the top of my head.” Yet she is confident that when she speaks at the Cancer Center Council’s 17th Annual Spring Luncheon, the audience will be uplifted.
Pollock president-elect of clinical statisticians organization
February 19, 2010
Brad H. Pollock, M.P.H., Ph.D., professor and chairman of epidemiology and biostatistics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is the new president-elect of the Association of Clinical and Translational Statisticians (ACTS).
Deadline March 29 to submit abstracts for Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
February 19, 2010
New Improvement Science Summit to help establish best practices
Schenken elected as treasurer of national ob-gyn certifying board
February 18, 2010
Robert S. Schenken, M.D., professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, recently was elected treasurer of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
For Girl Scouts, photos are a first step to boosting physical activity
February 17, 2010
In coming weeks, dozens of Girl Scouts will fan out across the city’s West Side to take photographs that answer the question, “What makes it easy and what makes it hard to be physically active in your neighborhood?”