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December 9, 2003
Three-hundred South Texas leaders including former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. received a red carpet welcome Nov. 19 to the sneak preview of a stellar $50 million research institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) where top scientists will study the biology of children’s cancer and extend the findings to adult cancer.
December 9, 2003
Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), and Ricardo Romo, Ph.D., president of The University of Texas at San Antonio, signed an agreement Monday (Dec. 1) that provides governing guidelines for the new San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI), an initiative designed to strengthen collaboration between the two institutions and enhance their research, teaching and service missions.
December 9, 2003
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) has contracted with National Jewish Medical and Research Center of Denver, Colo., to provide telephone and mail patient support for a large-scale study evaluating the benefits of disease management among individuals with moderate to severe asthma.
December 9, 2003
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) is embarking on its first capital campaign – a $300 million private-public initiative to build a landscape-changing Research Tower in the South Texas Medical Center and recruit leading scientists for it.
December 3, 2003
The cover story in the Nov. 3 issue of TIME magazine, “Medicating Young Minds,” discusses the benefits and risks of medicating children with mood and behavior problems.
December 2, 2003
A portable blood analyzer developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC) and commercialized by AVOX Systems of San Antonio helped diagnose a young child with anemia recently during a visit to a children’s home in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.