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Presbyterian Village North Foundation donates $1,250,000 to benefit alzheimer’s research
Presbyterian Village North Foundation (PVNF) has made two gifts totaling $1,250,000 to support Alzheimer’s research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - March 17, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Corneal transplants by ophthalmologists keep woman at helm of music magic
Mrs. Diou says she couldn’t have overseen fun summertime events without the two donated corneas that allowed her physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center to maintain her sight. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - March 12, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Often-ignored glucose value in routine blood tests correlates with risk of type 2 diabetes
Glucose values obtained during routine blood tests are often overlooked, but could provide valuable insight into whether someone is at risk for having type 2 diabetes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - March 9, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

CPRIT awards faculty $11.5 million for recruitment and research in brain and bone cancer, biology, and immunotherapy
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers more than $7.5 million in research grants (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - March 7, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Often-ignored glucose value in routine blood tests correlates with risk of type 2 diabetes
Glucose values obtained during routine blood tests are often overlooked, but could provide valuable insight into whether someone is at risk for having type 2 diabetes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - March 5, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Mobile Cancer Survivor Clinic brings expertise to doorstep of underserved cancer survivors
UT Southwestern’s Moncrief Cancer Institute and Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center debuted the Mobile Cancer Survivor Clinic − a custom, fully equipped 18-wheeler that can deliver follow-up and screening services to cancer survivors. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 19, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

New cancer treatments could evolve from research showing that acetate supplements speed up cancer growth
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers seeking novel ways to combat cancer found that giving acetate, a major compound produced in the gut by host bacteria, to mice sped up the growth and metastasis of tumors. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 17, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

MAGE genes provide insight into optimizing chemotherapy, cancer researchers find
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a new biomarker that could help identify patients who are more likely to respond to certain chemotherapies. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 17, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers find new mechanism that controls immune responses
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a common signaling mechanism to produce interferon − one of the main proteins used to signal the immune system when the body needs to defend itself against a virus, tumor, or other diseases. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 13, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UTSW receives key NCI funding to plan first U.S. Center for Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy Research
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health awarded UT Southwestern a $1 million planning grant to establish the country’s first National Center for Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 10, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Study finds no reason for cancer survivors to be excluded in advanced stage lung cancer trials
The common practice of excluding patients with a prior cancer diagnosis from lung cancer clinical trials may not be justified, according to a study by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 9, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Depth and rate of chest compressions during CPR impact survival in cardiac arrest
The depth of chest compressions and the rate at which they were applied make a significant impact on survival and recovery of patients, a review of research by UT Southwestern Medical Center Emergency Medicine physicians shows. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 6, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Neurologists find movement tracking device helps assess severity of Parkinson’s disease
A device that measures movement and balance can effectively help assess and track the progression of Parkinson’s disease, even when medications are used to reduce Parkinson’s symptoms (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 3, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Neurologists find movement tracking device helps assess severity of Parkinson’s
A device that measures movement and balance can effectively help assess and track the progression of Parkinson’s disease, even when medications are used to reduce Parkinson’s symptoms (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - February 3, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Study links deficiency of cellular housekeeping gene with aggressive forms of breast cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a strong link between the most aggressive type of breast cancer and a gene that regulates the body’s natural cellular recycling process, called autophagy. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 31, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news