Researchers identify mechanism by which exercise strengthens bones and immunity: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have identified the specialized environment, known as a niche, in the bone marrow where new bone and immune cells are produced.
Dropping it in the mail: Best practices detailed for mail-in colon cancer screenings: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/mail-in-colon-cancer-screenings.html
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center . Returned stool samples were tested for a blood antigen associated with colon cancer, and patients who tested positive were told they needed to schedule a diagnostic colonoscopy.
$18.4 million in state funding to enhance Simmons Cancer Center research: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded UT Southwestern Medical Center more than $18.4 million for cancer research and faculty recruitment.
Roger H. Unger, M.D., visionary endocrinologist and preeminent authority on diabetes: 1924-2020 : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/unger-visionary-endocrinologist.html
Unger, M.D., a longtime Professor of Internal Medicine, a preeminent authority on glucagon and the development of diabetes, and the founding Director of the Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, died Aug. 22. He was 96.
High-sugar diet can damage the gut, intensifying risk for colitis : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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The number of American adults suffering from IBD (which includes Crohn’s disease) jumped from 2 million in 1999 to 3 million in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network Listed No. 1 in U.S. for Medicare Savings: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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More clinical studies needed for lactating women: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Catherine Spong, Chief of Fetal and Maternal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center , said in a commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week. “It is actually a bit of a paradox.
Surgical masks as good as respirators for flu and respiratory virus protection: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended using the tighter-fitting N95 respirators, designed to fit closely over the nose and mouth and filter at least 95 percent of airborne particles, rather than the looser-fitting surgical masks routinely worn by health care workers, Dr.
In memoriam: Cell biologist Dr. Woodring Wright made seminal discoveries on aging and cancer development: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Wright had heroically waged a 13-year battle with multiple myeloma, a type of rare blood cancer, at the Cancer Center. In the midst of his success in illuminating the role of telomeres, Dr.
UTSW Medical Student Dean selected for prestigious Piper Professor Award for educators: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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A member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a student, she completed her pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Medical Center Dallas before being invited to join the UTSW faculty in 1998.