AT&T Foundation sponsors nano-sensor project at Janey Briscoe Center

August 30, 2006

Cardiologists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today unveiled a major project funded by the AT&T Foundation – creation of a nano-sized sensor to measure blood pressure and flow inside arteries while sending readings in real time to an external receiver.


Frost Bank directs $500,000 to Health Science Center

August 23, 2006

San Antonio (Aug. 23, 2006) – Frost Bank, a subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE symbol: CFR), is directing $500,000 over the next 10 years to support the research enterprise at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of the Health Science Center, announced today.



Finasteride boosts PSA ability to detect prostate cancer

August 22, 2006

The medication finasteride, which after the seven-year Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) was associated with a 24.8 percent reduction of prostate cancer risk among men who took it, has a new feather in its cap – it beefs up the diagnostic power of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.


Regents authorize $263 million in UTHSC projects

August 22, 2006

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in a university-wide e-mail Aug. 11 that The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ approval of $263 million in capital and other projects for the Health Science Center, along with more than $100 million for The University of Texas at San Antonio, has made this “a red-letter day that should be celebrated and remembered.”


Regents give funding authorizations for $263 million in UTHSC projects

August 12, 2006

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, said in a university-wide e-mail Aug. 11 that The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ approval of $263 million in capital and other projects for the Health Science Center, along with more than $100 million for The University of Texas at San Antonio, has made this “a red-letter day that should be celebrated and remembered.”