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Blocking key enzyme minimizes stroke injury
A drug that blocks the action of the enzyme Cdk5 could substantially reduce brain damage if administered shortly after a stroke, UT Southwestern Medical Center research suggests. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

MicroRNA that blocks bone destruction could offer new therapeutic target for osteoporosis
UT Southwestern cancer researchers have identified a promising molecule that blocks bone destruction and, therefore, could provide a potential therapeutic target for osteoporosis and bone metastases of cancer. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Children’s Research Institute finds key to identifying, enriching mesenchymal stem cells
The Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has identified a biomarker that enables researchers to accurately characterize the properties and function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the body. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 21, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

New driver of atherosclerosis offers potential as therapeutic target
A new driver of atherosclerosis has been identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 19, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Inflammation in fat tissue helps prevent metabolic disease
Chronic tissue inflammation is typically associated with obesity and metabolic disease, but new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center now finds that a level of “healthy” inflammation is necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, such as fatty liv (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Research on autism furthers with new brain tissue collection program
To promote greater understanding of autism, UT Southwestern Medical Center has launched a regional brain tissue collection program that will support research on this condition, which affects an estimated one in 68 children. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 17, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Common blood pressure medication may pose risk to older adults
Adults over 65 who have recently begun thiazide diuretics are at a greater risk for developing metabolic-related adverse events, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Cellular force that drives allergy and asthma can be blocked by interferon, immunologists find
A mechanism that could underlie the development of cells that drive asthma and allergies has been uncovered by immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Partnership brings the most advanced kidney transplant care to Lubbock, Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University Medical Center Health System (UMC) in Lubbock, Texas, have forged a new partnership in kidney transplantation that provides the most advanced patient care. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 13, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Proteins causing daytime sleepiness tied to bone formation, providing target for osteoporosis
Orexin proteins, which are blamed for spontaneous daytime sleepiness, also play a crucial role in bone formation, according to findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 13, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers uncover new insights into developing rapid-acting antidepressant for treatment-resistant depression
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have generated fresh insights that could aid in the development of rapid-acting antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - June 12, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

International collaboration highlights new mechanism explaining how cancer cells spread
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have identified a protein critical to the spread of deadly cancer cells and determined how it works, paving the way for potential use in diagnosis and eventually possible therapeutic drugs to halt or slow (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - May 29, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Wound-healing role for microRNAs in colon offer new insight to inflammatory bowel diseases
A microRNA cluster believed to be important for suppressing colon cancer has been found to play a critical role in wound healing in the intestine, UT Southwestern cancer researchers have found. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - May 23, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

CPRIT awards UTSW $11 million in research grants to help recruit top cancer specialists
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded UT Southwestern Medical Center $11 million in research grants to support recruitment of top cancer scientists and clinicians, the most funding of any Texas institution. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - May 23, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers identify key mechanism in metabolic pathway that fuels cancers
A research team has taken a significant step in cracking the code of an atypical metabolic pathway that allows certain cancerous tumors to thrive, providing a possible roadmap for defeating such cancers. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - May 22, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news