2017 Article Archive
Awards for December 2016
Federal, non-federal, and industry-sponsored grants awarded to UT Southwestern faculty in December 2016.
Researchers urge use of evidence-based medicine to avoid overtreatment of type 2 diabetes
UT Southwestern Medical Center research supports an evidence-based medicine (EBM) approach that embraces individualized care to prevent overtreatment, specifically for patients with type 2 diabetes.
McNally to deliver WISMAC lecture Wednesday
Dr. Elizabeth M. McNally, Director of the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and holder of the 19th Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science & Medicine, will deliver the lecture named to honor late Mrs. Green
MLK Commemorative Celebration promotes diversity, justice, and service
The 2017 commemoration at UT Southwestern Medical Center of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. highlighted the importance of service to the community, diversity in science and medicine, and promoting justice in various aspects of society, including health care.
Deep-rooted community involvement earns medical student MLK Scholarship
Hillary Evans, a second-year Medical School student and an Albert Schweitzer Foundation Fellow, was presented the 2017 Martin Luther King Scholarship for Community Service in the recent MLK Day Commemoration at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Sage advice offered as Clerkships loom
Speaking to UT Southwestern Medical School students, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, recently offered advice, counsel, and tips on becoming a better physician.
Joachim Herz Lab: Alzheimer’s risk
Researchers at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center have compiled a review outlining how a specific form of protein increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Ege Kavalali Lab: Neural messaging
A molecule that helps neurons communicate also controls how quickly brain cells reform neurotransmitter-storing packets needed to continue messaging with other cells, according to a new study from researchers at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Researchers discover BRCA1 gene is key for blood forming stem cells
The finding could explain why patients with BRCA1 mutations do not have an elevated risk for leukemia. The stem cells die before they have an opportunity to transform into a blood cancer.
Researchers discover potential new target for treating glioblastoma
Scientists have found a way to inhibit the growth of glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer with low survival rates, by targeting a protein that drives growth of brain tumors, according to research from the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.