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Long-term use of ventricular assist devices induces heart muscle regeneration, study finds
Prolonged use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) by patients with heart failure may induce regeneration of heart muscle by preventing oxidative damage to a cell-regulator mechanism. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 23, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers identify key substance that protects against preterm birth
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified hyaluronon (HA) as a critical substance made by the body that protects against premature births caused by infection. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 14, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers identify key substance that protects against pre-term birth
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified hyaluronon (HA) as a critical substance made by the body that protects against premature births caused by infection. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 13, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Kidney transplant is a game-changer for NFL’s Dallas Cowboys’ timekeeper
Jim Ely tackles life like Mean Joe Greene tackled running backs. A banker, he also worked weekends as a football referee for 38 years and still, at age 83, works as home-game timekeeper for the Dallas Cowboys. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 6, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers target the cell’s ‘biological clock’ in promising new therapy to kill cancer cells, shrink tumor growth
Cell biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have targeted telomeres with a small molecule called 6-thiodG that takes advantage of the cell’s ‘biological clock’ to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor growth. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 2, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy improves survival among stage 4 lung cancer patients
A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - January 1, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers confirm whole-genome sequencing can successfully identify cancer-related mutations
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have demonstrated that whole-genome sequencing can be used to identify patients’ risk for hereditary cancer. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 24, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

National trial first to focus on long-term complications associated with chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension
UT Southwestern will lead the first National Institutes of Health-funded, multicenter, clinical trial to address interventions for patients with multiple chronic conditions centered around kidney disease. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 20, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Scientists identify new and beneficial function of endogenous retroviruses in immune response
Researchers at UT Southwestern and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, found that endogenous retroviruses (ERV) play a critical role in the body’s immune defense against common bacterial and viral pathogens. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 19, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Neuro-oncologists discover cancer cells can burn acetate for fuel
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered that brain tumors are capable of burning acetate for fuel, providing a new potential target for halting tumor growth. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Real-time radiation monitor can reduce radiation exposure for medical workers
A “real-time” radiation monitor that alerts by beeping in response to radiation exposure during cardiac-catheterization procedures significantly reduces the amount of exposure that medical workers receive, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers fo (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers identify a therapeutic strategy that may treat a childhood neurological disorder
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a possible therapy to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 or NF1. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Signaling mechanism could be target for survival, growth of tumor cells in brain cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center neurology researchers have identified an important cell signaling mechanism that plays an important role in brain cancer and may provide a new therapeutic target. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 15, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Microbiologists discover how gut bacterial resources are hijacked to promote intestinal and foodborne illnesses
UT Southwestern Medical Center microbiologists have identified key bacteria in the gut whose resources are hijacked to spread harmful foodborne E. coli infections and other intestinal illnesses. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 10, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital opens
Approximately 200 patients safely moved to innovative facility, marking new era in clinical care. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - December 7, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news