Team finds clue in basic biology of X-linked mental retardation
August 11, 2008
Scientists describe process that fails to silence improper neuronal gene expression
Video game helps cancer patients 13-29 adhere to treatment
August 4, 2008
Re-Mission™, a video game for cancer patients ages 13-29, is an effective way to improve adherence to oral chemotherapy regimens, antibiotic therapy and other survival-affecting behaviors in this young and at-risk population, according to a clinical research study described in today’s issue of Pediatrics.
United Way honors Usatine for Student-Run Free Clinic leadership
July 31, 2008
The concept is simple yet profound: Training medical students in the community where they are needed, rather than solely in classrooms, results in a well-rounded, more-compassionate physician of the future.
Teachers sharpen health science teaching skills at summer institute
July 29, 2008
The Med Ed Teacher Institute: Building Educational Bridges into the Health Professions, a program replete with hands-on activities that can be effective for teaching, including a portable echocardiogram (ECG) machine to monitor the heart, tooth models and a dental cavity potential kit, the art of suturing on a suture practice arm, teaching how to administer shots on a simulator, DNA fingerprinting kits and a “Who Owns These Bones?” scientific investigation kit.
UT Health Science Center to offer doctoral degree in physical therapy this fall
July 29, 2008
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio’s School of Allied Health Sciences will offer its first doctoral degree this fall — a doctorate in physical therapy (DPT).
Nature article: Gene suppresses DNA break-induced chromosome errors
July 23, 2008
Just as square dance partners join hands at a particular point in the music, so broken pieces of DNA in our cells reunite as they are repaired.