2016 Article Archive
Grateful patient determined to fund housing option at UTSW
Dr. Sherrette Shaw-Fontenot, a Wichita Falls-based physician, received a new lease on life by the donated heart of Madison “Maddie” Hope Welch, an 18-year-old college student killed in a truck-auto accident.
Transplant success at UTSW is a collaborative team effort
Dr. Sherrette Shaw-Fontenot, a Wichita Falls physician, is among the hundreds of patients who have undergone a successful heart transplant at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Research in liver cancer, tissue regeneration at Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern garners Stand Up To Cancer grant
Dr. Hao Zhu, Assistant Professor of Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), is one of 10 researchers in the nation to receive a Stand Up To Cancer grant to further his studies of a gene whose absence protects mice against
Two surgical teams perform rare lung-liver transplant, a first in north Texas and only 75th nationally
Josiah Ferrell of Gainesville is now able to walk outside without the oxygen tank he has carried around 24 hours a day and breathe in the fresh air of the outdoors for the first time in about two years.
Plastic surgeons develop innovative microsurgery technique for reconstructing breast after mastectomy
UT Southwestern Medical Center plastic surgeons have developed a new breast reconstruction technique that combines advantages of two different types of microsurgical procedures using abdominal and other tissue to reconstruct the breast after a mastectomy.
Research shows 98% cure rate for prostate cancer using Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
The study – the first trial to publish five-year results from SBRT treatment for prostate cancer – found a 98.6 percent cure rate with SBRT, a noninvasive form of radiation treatment that involves high-dose radiation beams intersecting at the desired
Researchers identify enzyme link between excessive heart muscle growth, cancer growth
UTSW cardiology researchers have identified molecular ties between the growth of cancer cells and heart cells that suggest existing cancer drugs may be able to help those with enlarged heart cells – a condition that can lead to heart attacks and stroke.
Urologist first in DFW to use FDA-approved steam procedure to shrink enlarged prostate
UT Southwestern Medical Center urologists are the first in North Texas to perform a new FDA-approved, minimally invasive procedure that shrinks an enlarged prostate gland using steam.
Deadly flatworm’s skin rejuvenation may explain long-term survival in humans, UT Southwestern scientists find
A parasitic flatworm that infects hundreds of millions of people in the developing world is able to survive in the bloodstream for decades by constantly renewing its skin – a mechanism that could inform potential new treatments against infection.
Common prostate cancer treatments suppress immune response and may promote relapse
Prostate cancer patients and their doctors may want to think twice about the best timing for chemotherapy or radiation therapy in conjunction with a common nonsurgical treatment, based on international research findings led by UT Southwestern Medical Cent