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 m.balleza@utmb.edu
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 mjdannen@utmb.edu
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 krhensle@utmb.edu
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A daily digest of news stories spotlighting the great work taking place at UTMB.
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Burn size and survival probability in pediatric patients in modern burn care: a prospective observational cohort study
The Lancet, Jan. 31, 2012
   Patient survival after severe burn injury is largely determined by burn size. Modern developments in burn...
Researcher receives $3 million to study Mexico’s aging population
Texas Medical Center News, Feb. 1, 2012
   Rebeca Wong, who heads the World Health Organization/Pan-American Health Organization Collaborating Center...
Pulling this plug won't save money
Galveston County Daily News, Feb. 2, 2012
 UTMB has begun the transition of shifting responsibility for providing medical care to prisoners to the Texas...
Calendar, Feb. 7-9: Vaccines for Chronic Diseases Symposium
Texas Medical Center News, Feb. 1, 2012
 The Vaccines for Chronic Diseases Symposium will be held at the Moody Gardens Resort and Convention Center,...
Opinion: Celebrities pushing drugs?
The Scientist, Jan. 30, 2012
   In this opinion piece, UTMB’s Dr. Howard Brody writes that celebrity spokespeople for pharmaceutical...
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UTMB symposium focuses on vaccines for chronic diseases
Friday, Feb 3 - An international vaccine symposium sponsored by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and scheduled for Feb. 7-9 will reflect a dramatic shift in the world of vaccinology, according to Alan Barrett, director of UTMB’s Sealy Center for Vaccine Development. “In the 20th... more »
Untangling the mysteries of Alzheimer’s Researchers tease out toxic role of tau oligomers
Thursday, Feb 2 - Untangling the mysteries of Alzheimer’s Researchers tease out toxic role of tau oligomers   One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer’s disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call tau. In normal brains, tau is present in... more »
Three UTMB departments near top in survey of NIH grants
Thursday, Jan 19 - A survey of National Institutes of Health grant funding received by medical school departments in 2011 ranked three University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston departments in the top 10 in their respective fields, and placed UTMB’s microbiology and immunology department sixth in the... more »
Young women often fail to spot their weight gain
Wednesday, Jan 18 - Despite popular belief about women’s weight concerns, young women commonly fail to recognize recent gain of as many as 11 pounds — putting them at risk for cardiovascular disease and other obesity-related conditions. Self-perception of weight gain also appears to be significantly... more »
Scientists learn how stem cell implants help heal traumatic brain injury
Thursday, Jan 12 - For years, researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury have been tantalized by the results of animal experiments with stem cells. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain function in experimental animals with brain trauma. But just how these... more »
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