http://www.utsouthwestern.edu Welcome to UT Southwestern Medical Center, one of the country's leading academic medical centers, patient-care providers, and research institutions. en-us Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:00:00 CDT Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:00:00 CDT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Internet Services 2.0 katherine.morales@utsouthwestern.edu (Katherine Morales) tom.mathews@utsouthwestern.edu (Tom Mathews) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/464111.html A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:08:00 CDT connie.piloto@utsouthwestern.edu (Connie Piloto) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/464111.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/463635.html Among women at high-risk of developing breast cancer, breast ultrasound combined with mammography may detect more cancers than mammography alone, according to results of a multicenter trial that included UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. Tue, 13 May 2008 15:50:00 CDT kristen.hollandshear@utsouthwestern.edu (Kristen Holland Shear) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/463635.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/462546.html A new technique for analyzing magnetic resonance imaging data, developed by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, can reveal serious brain injury missed by current tests and help predict a patient’s degree of recovery. Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:00 CDT aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu (Aline McKenzie) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/462546.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/459494.html The National Academy of Sciences today elected Dr. David Mangelsdorf, chairman of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, to membership, one of the highest honors attainable by an American scientist. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:21:00 CDT amanda.siegfried@utsouthwestern.edu (Amanda Siegfried) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/459494.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/457586.html The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Physician Faculty Scholars program has awarded a two-year, $203,626 grant to Dr. Jane Brotanek, assistant professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:44:00 CST erin.pratherstafford@utsouthwestern.edu (Erin Prather Stafford) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/457586.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456995.html A new hybrid hearing aid/cochlear implant device designed for patients who can benefit from both is being evaluated by UT Southwestern Medical Center otolaryngologists, as part of a multisite, national study. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:10:00 CDT russell.rian@utsouthwestern.edu (Russell Rian) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456995.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456459.html A new study in mice indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual’s chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:22:00 CST kristen.hollandshear@utsouthwestern.edu (Kristen Holland Shear) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456459.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456145.html Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have for the first time used drug-treated blood stem cells to repair heart damage in an animal model, results that might point to methods for healing injuries from heart attacks or disease. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:22:00 CDT aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu (Aline McKenzie) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/456145.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/455037.html Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a simple and inexpensive method to screen small synthetic molecules and pull out a handful that might treat cancer and other diseases less expensively than current methods. Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:14:00 CDT aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu (Aline McKenzie) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/455037.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept16498/files/452859.html Surgeons and patients from UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Southwestern Transplant Services Center joined in a landmark study showing that corneas from older donors are as successful for transplants after five years as is tissue from younger donors, allowing possible expansion of the donor pool. Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:20:00 CDT russell.rian@utsouthwestern.edu (Russell Rian) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept16498/files/452859.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/452475.html The newest technology in breast imaging — a fully automated 3-D breast ultrasound machine – is now in use at UT Southwestern Medical Center's Southwestern Center for Breast Care, the first site in Dallas and Fort Worth to obtain the equipment. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:00 CDT kristen.hollandshear@utsouthwestern.edu (Kristen Holland Shear) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/452475.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/451827.html International investigations of an organism that one UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher calls a "silly little green scum" have led to key insights into the basic mechanisms of reproduction. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:31 CDT aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu (Aline McKenzie) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/451827.html http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/451747.html A new computer-based text-searching tool developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers automatically – and quickly – compares multiple documents in a database for similarities, providing a more efficient method to carry out literature searches, as well as offering scientific journal editors a new tool to thwart questionable publication practices. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:32:00 CST kristen.hollandshear@utsouthwestern.edu (Kristen Holland Shear) http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/451747.html