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Cancer-fighting cocktail demonstrates promising results as new treatment for advanced cervical cancer
Combining a standard chemotherapy drug with a second drug that stops cells from dividing improves both the survival and response rates for those with advanced cervical cancer, a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers finds. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UTSW one of two institutions to offer innovative four-flap microsurgery approach to breast reconstruction
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of only two places in the world that offers a new, innovative and highly successful approach to breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 15, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Calico enters into exclusive collaboration with 2M to develop UTSW technology
UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2M Companies, and Calico today announce a new collaboration to advance research and drug development for neurodegenerative disorders caused by the aging and death of nerve cells. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 12, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UTSW residency programs ranked among best in nation
Five specialties at UT Southwestern Medical Center rank among the top 10 national medical residency programs. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 11, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Expert co-chairs national team to develop first comprehensive guidelines for management of sickle cell disease
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has released the first comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for management of sickle cell disease from birth to end of life. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 9, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UT Southwestern launches leading edge Wound Care Clinic
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s multi-disciplinary wound care efforts have converged in a new, state-of-the-art clinic. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 8, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers find new gene mutations for Wilms Tumor
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, have made significant progress in defining new genetic causes of Wilms tumor. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 5, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Scientists identify rare stem cells in testis that hold potential for infertility treatments
Rare stem cells in testis that produce a biomarker protein called PAX7 help give rise to new sperm cells — and may hold a key to restoring fertility, research by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 5, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

CPRIT awards faculty $26 million in prevention, research, and recruitment grants to help combat cancer
UT Southwestern faculty have received 19 grants totaling more than $26 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to expand cancer screenings, investigate the effectiveness and viability for cancer therapies and radiation t (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 29, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

High insulin levels tied to obesity pathway
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a crucial link between high levels of insulin and pathways that lead to obesity, a finding that may have important implications when treating diabetes. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Applying new cholesterol guidelines to a patient population reduces heart attacks, strokes
A study from UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found that recently introduced cholesterol guidelines would significantly reduce new cardiovascular events, when compared to treatment based on previous cholesterol guidelines. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers obtain key insights into how the internal body clock is tuned
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new way that internal body clocks are regulated by a type of molecule known as long non-coding RNA. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

New gene editing method shows promising results for correcting muscular dystrophy
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers successfully used a new gene editing method to correct a mutation that leads to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a mouse model of the condition. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 14, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Medicinal oil reduces debilitating epileptic seizures associated with Glut 1 deficiency, trial shows
A rare metabolic disease that caused hundreds of seizures daily for 6-year-old Chloe Olivarez is now significantly under control as part of a clinical trial led by Dr. Juan Pascual that uses a medicinal oil for treatment. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 12, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

CRI scientists pinpoint gene likely to promote childhood cancers
Researchers at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have identified a gene that contributes to the development of several childhood cancers, in a study conducted with mice designed to model the cancers. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - August 11, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news