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Dr. Philipp Scherer
DALLAS — June 2, 2008 — UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have genetically engineered a laboratory mouse in which pancreatic beta cells can regenerate after being induced to die. The new animal model’s regenerative ability may provide future insights into improved treatments of diabetes, which affects millions of Americans. Read More
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Dr. Robert Munford, Dr. Mingfang Lu
DALLAS — Sept. 10, 2008 — A bacterial molecule that initially signals to animals that they have been invaded must be wiped out by a special enzyme before an infected animal can regain full health, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Read More
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Dr. Roger Unger
DALLAS — Aug. 25, 2008 — Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Read More
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Dr. Jeffrey Zigman
DALLAS — June 15, 2008 — New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat. Read More
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Dr. James de Lemos
DALLAS — May 26, 2008 — Adding noninvasive imaging to current risk-assessment protocols may identify more people who are at risk of developing heart disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. Read More
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Dr. Roger Unger
DALLAS — April 16, 2008 — 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. Read More
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Dr. Roger Unger
DALLAS — March 11, 2008 — Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a diabetes researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Read More
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Dr. Jay Horton
DALLAS — Feb. 4, 2008 — Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined the specific way in which a destructive protein binds to and interferes with a molecule that removes low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the so-called “bad” cholesterol, from the blood. Read More
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Dr. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez
DALLAS — Jan. 14, 2008 — Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Read More
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Dr. Richard Auchus
DALLAS — Dec. 11, 2007 — Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that patients with a mild form of Cushing syndrome, a metabolic disorder caused by adrenal tumors, demonstrate substantial clinical improvement after adrenalectomy. Read More
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Dr. Thomas Kodadek
DALLAS — Nov. 14, 2007 — While investigating how the hormone orexin might control sleep and hunger, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered, to their surprise, that it activates a protein, HIF-1, long known to stimulate cancerous tumor growth. - Read More
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Dr. Beth Levine
DALLAS — Oct. 11, 2007 — Dr. Beth Levine, professor of internal medicine and microbiology and chief of the division of infectious diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator today. Read More
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Dr. Peter Stastny
DALLAS — Sept. 27, 2007 — UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, collaborating with colleagues in Germany, have for the first time identified antibodies associated with transplant rejection of otherwise healthy kidneys. Read More
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Dr. Amit Khera
DALLAS — Sept. 10, 2007 — Smoking, eating fattening foods and not getting enough exercise are all lifestyle habits that can lead to poor health and cardiovascular disease – more so if you have a family history. But researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that women don’t change these habits as often as men, even when they have relatives with heart disease. Read More
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ASCI and AAP - New Members
| The American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP) are among our most prestigious medical societies. Each year, a limited number of new members are recognized for their pursuit of medical knowledge and record of discovery in basic and clinical science. Election to these societies is an important honor.
I am delighted to congratulate three of our faculty members who were recognized this past weekend by election to these societies.
Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Endocrinology and W. W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research, was elected to membership in ASCI. Steve's studies focus on nongenomic steroid-mediated signaling and ovarian physiology.
Orson Moe, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, was elected to membership in the AAP. Orson's studies focus on renal epithelial signaling and ion transport.
Don Rockey, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, was elected to membership in the AAP. Don's studies address the molecular mechanisms of portal hypertension and hepatic fibrosis/cirrhosis.
At the same meeting Dan Foster, M.D. received the Eric G. Neilson Distinguished Professor Award. No surprise!
Please join me in congratulating these colleagues. We are proud to have them as members of our faculty.
With best regards
Greg Fitz, M.D. |
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Airborne metal particles from pollution may lead to lung cancer, UT Southwestern research team concludes - Dr. Yvonne Coyle
DALLAS — Sept. 15, 2006 — Inhaling metal particles from air pollution may lead to the development of lung cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Read More
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Drazner to lead UT Southwestern heart failure and transplant program - Dr. Mark Drazner
DALLAS —Sept. 1, 2006 — Dr. Mark Drazner, a nationally recognized heart failure expert, has been named medical director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Read More
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Orange juice is better than lemonade at keeping kidney stones away - Dr. Clarita Odvina
DALLAS — Aug. 31, 2006 — A daily glass of orange juice can help prevent the recurrence of kidney stones better than other citrus fruit juices such as lemonade, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered. Read More
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New insight into how serotonin reduces appetite could help in developing safer anti-obesity drugs - Dr. Joel Elmquist
DALLAS — July 19, 2006 — A study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher sheds light on how the brain chemical serotonin, when spurred by diet drugs such as Fen-phen, works to curb appetite. Read More
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UT Southwestern researchers identify roles of gene mutations causing lupus in mice - Dr. Chandra Mohan
DALLAS — June 15, 2006 — In two related studies, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have pinpointed defective genes in mice responsible for triggering the mysterious autoimmune disease lupus, which prompts the body's immune system to mistakenly attack healthy organs and tissues. Read More
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UT Southwestern allergist offers coping strategies for relief from summer allergens - Dr. David Khan
DALLAS — June 13, 2006 — The good news for allergy sufferers is that springtime mountain cedars and tree pollens have generally subsided.
The bad news: It's summertime. Read More |
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