Newsroom
July 31, 2007
Noted gerontologist Thomas T. Perls, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at Boston University, will be the morning keynote speaker for an aging continuing education conference scheduled in August in San Antonio.
July 16, 2007
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will expand their studies of a protein mutated in the rapid-aging disorder Werner’s syndrome, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
May 16, 2007
The Health Science Center recently provided planning and technological assistance to help Morningside Ministries Retirement Community open a state-of-the-art training institute for those who care for the elderly.
June 27, 2006
As we age, our bodies increasingly lose the ability to repair errors that occur in our genetic blueprint, DNA.
March 20, 2006
We should plan for being old, so that when the time comes, the stress our children or other caregivers feel can be greatly reduced.
February 21, 2006
During normal aging and various neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s and Parkinson’s diseases, proteins become unfolded or clump together, thereby losing their function and damaging the cells and tissues.