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Business Resource Group spotlight: LGBT & Allies paint campus with pride - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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UT Southwestern serves a very diverse population throughout North Texas, and the institution aims to attract a campus community that reflects that diversity

Study shows LEAP2 hormone levels change with eating, obesity - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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The hormone LEAP2, which naturally blocks the “hunger” hormone ghrelin, is elevated in people with obesity, especially after eating – raising hopes for a treatment that could one day more effectively reduce appetite and, hence, obesity.

Study proves hepatitis C drugs reduce liver-related deaths by nearly 50 percent - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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A UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center study demonstrates that antiviral drugs for hepatitis C reduce liver-related deaths by nearly 50 percent in patients with a history of liver cancer.

Study: Diagnosing depression rarely requires trip to psychiatrist - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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UT Southwestern researchers equipped physicians with web-based software that guided them through protocols for screening patients, prescribing treatments, and measuring their progress.

Striking art installations change the face of South Campus: CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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UT Southwestern’s Dr. Donald Seldin Plaza are now greeted by two stunning new sculptures that have effectively changed the face of South Campus. The pieces – Dumna by Ursula von Rydingsvard and an untitled work by Joel Shapiro – were recently gifted to UT Southwestern by an anonymous donor.

Putting down roots: How a construction superintendent saved UT Southwestern Frisco's first 'patient' - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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UT Southwestern Frisco is slated to open this fall, but Bill Tate has already saved the facility’s first patient: a proud pecan tree that is rooted in Frisco’s past.

Space research helps patients on Earth with low blood pressure condition - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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UT Southwestern researchers report heart-related space research that helps us to understand this problem of low blood pressure.

18^th Ball for Eye Research raises over $200,000 - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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This year’s Ball for Eye Research, an annual gala benefiting sight-saving research in the Department of Ophthalmology, grossed $244,000 as 200 attendees took part in the spring event at the Dallas Country Club.

Events: Sponsored Programs - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas

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Find information on upcoming seminars, webinars, Research Roundups, and more.

New art emits shifting colors across UT Southwestern - CT Plus - UT Southwestern

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Forest of Light, commissioned especially for UT Southwestern, is a collaboration between artists Tom Orr and Frances Bagley and is made of steel, acrylic, and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. The 23 acrylic tubes housing LED lights and 57 powder-coated steel poles comprise 80