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Fall 2016-Winter 2017

Bess Frost, Ph.D., assistant professor of cell systems and anatomy, and other researchers used fruit fly models to determine brain cell death in Alzheimer’s disease is linked to the disruption of a skeleton that surrounds the nucleus of the cells. The finding, confirmed in postmortem brain tissue of people with Alzheimer’s disease, is expected to open new avenues of study on how to prevent the earliest biological events that result in the disease.
April 17, 2017January 22, 2018  by Lety Laurel

Healing starts here

In ancient times, medical advances were made through a mixture of trial and error. Today’s trials are a far cry from the methods of discovery made by early civilizations.

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Tara Rojas-Padron places a flower on the gravesite during the burial of ashes ceremony
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by feistj

The dead teach the living

Above a double doorway at the end of a hallway, a wooden sign announces in Latin, “Mortui Vivos Docent.” It’s here that the dead teach the living.

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silouette head made up of music notes
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Stop the music

Epigenetics is like an invisible pianist playing a genetic keyboard with each key representing a different gene.

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OT students help Jacob use a modified car
January 1, 2017January 12, 2017  by

Ready, set, Go Baby Go!

Modified toy cars give a new sense of movement to children who can’t easily get around because of mobility impairments.

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Ronald A. DePinho, M.D., Bill McRaven and William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP (right),
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

Quantum leap in cancer care

UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center join forces to benefit South Texas cancer patients.

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stent retriever illustration
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Stents for strokes

When a person has a stroke, brain tissue begins to die as oxygen-rich blood is blocked from entering the brain. But with a device about the size of a coffee stir, brain tissue is saved, and a full recovery is possible.

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a model of the structure of clathrin
January 1, 2017January 12, 2017  by contributor

Colliding, bumping, smashing

They’re in every cell in every living organism, and now researchers have a better understanding about heat shock proteins and their role in human diseases.

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kids smiling
January 1, 2017January 13, 2017  by contributor

Miles of smiles

If one child’s smile can warm the heart, imagine what tens of thousands can do. Miles of Smiles–Laredo provides elementary school children dental screenings, fluoride varnish and dental sealants—all for free.

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face behind barbed wire
January 1, 2017January 12, 2017  by contributor

Breaking down the prison walls

Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder relive past traumas again and again, bound in a virtual prison of their memories.

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elderly hand holding a cane.
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Walking time bomb

It’s an unsettling thought: You could be walking around for 20 years developing Parkinson’s disease and not even know it.

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