2016 Article Archive
UTSW collaborates to develop device to combat memory loss from brain injury, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a consortium of seven leading universities to develop new technologies to improve memory in people with traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Multinational clinical trial led by UTSW finds that combination injection improves glucose control for patients with Type 2 diabetes
A multinational clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center and others found that injection of a new long-acting insulin combined with another drug improves glucose control in patients with Type 2 diabetes and, additionally, is associated with we
Visionary landscaping now in place at Clements University Hospital
World-renowned landscape architect Peter Walker, founder of PWP Landscape Architecture, has designed outdoor green spaces and unique landscapes for UT Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.
March 2016 Fellow/Resident Notes
Fellow and resident notes from the March 2016 edition of Center Times, UT Southwestern's campus newspaper.
Class Notes
Class notes from the March 2016 edition of Center Times.
Dallas man supports Alzheimer’s research in wife’s memory
When Alzheimer’s disease started its devastating spiral of progression in Guinevere Blackstone, her husband, Edward, searched the country for the best treatment facility. Her California-based doctor had one recommendation: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Brain experts discuss concussions at citywide forum
UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty members and a former NFL star and coach engaged in an informative discussion of concussion, and how parents, athletes, and coaches can identify and deal with suspected concussions at the Dallas Festival of Ideas.
Light reflectance technique improves ability to remove prostate cancer during surgery
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between malignant and benign prostate tissue with 85 percent accuracy, a finding that may lead to real-time tissue analysis during prostate
PCSK9-inhibitor drug class that grew out of UTSW research becomes a game-changer for patient with extremely high cholesterol
A 59-year-old heart patient with dangerously high levels of cholesterol that could not be adequately reduced by statin drugs now has near-normal cholesterol levels, thanks to a new class of drugs that grew out of work done by UTSW researchers.
Researchers build powerful 3-D microscope, create images of cancer cells in controlled microenvironments
Researchers have designed and built a microscope capable of creating high-resolution, 3-D images of living cancer cells in realistic, controllable microenvironments.