Several dozen San Antonio high schoolers have traded in three years’ worth of lazy summer vacations for the opportunity to play a role in cutting-edge scientific research at the UT Health Science Center. The teens are part of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy, which seeks to develop the next generation of […]
In the ongoing battle against a deadly disease, the Cancer Therapy & Research Center has assembled the ultimate team of professionals. In November 2007 Texas voters passed Proposition 15, the constitutional amendment that established the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The amendment authorizes the issuance of $3 billion in bonds to support […]
Discovery of pain-causing compounds leads to new nonaddictive painkillers A substance similar to capsaicin, which gives chili peppers their heat, is generated at the site of pain in the human body. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered how to block these capsaicin-like molecules and created a new […]
What a profound responsibility it is to do this work. Historians will consider this a turning point.” -Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health American physician-geneticist Dr. Francis Collins once spoke of the great responsibility associated with his research and leadership of the Human Genome Project. Because of his landmark discoveries […]
UT Health Science Center partners with community to make lives better It’s not incidental that the UT Health Science Center is located in San Antonio. From the beginning, the Health Science Center was created to be an integral part of this Texas city, to draw strength from its community even as it gives back. It […]
Honoring, the legacy of the late Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker, the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund continues to support biomedical research at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. To date, transformational gifts totaling more than $10 million have focused on programs that cultivate innovative research and education and prepare the next generation […]
Researchers from the UT Health Science Center want to know how to inspire adolescent girls to be more physically active – a change that could boost the girls’ health now and throughout their lives. So they went straight to the source. Their research collaborators now include dozens of Girl Scouts, ages 11 to 14, from […]
Teenage mothers at the Seton Home residential facility learn about breastfeeding from UT Health Science Center medical and nursing students. Another group of students runs a summer program that encourages kids to make healthy choices in nutrition, fitness, relationships and other aspects of their lives. Still others work in free clinics that provide medical care […]
Like most things worth doing well, it took time to build a comprehensive clinic in San Antonio dedicated to breast health. What began as the vision of local health care and community leaders decades ago resulted in the Comprehensive Breast Health Clinic at the UT Health Science Center’s Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC). The […]
Diagnosis As a result of a partnership between the CTRC and University Health System, patients are able to receive their mammogram results before they leave the clinic. Genetics If a patient has a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, she is evaluated by a genetic counselor and physician who help plan a risk reduction […]