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Pink colored stop sign with breast cancer ribbon image
January 23, 2018January 24, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

Stop breast cancer in its tracks

Researchers are developing a new, first-in-class agent that has stopped the growth of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in its tracks.

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Myron Ignatius, Ph.D., holds up aquarium containing zebrafish.
January 23, 2018January 23, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

Clear as water

Zebrafish may hold the key to understanding how children who have a rare muscle cancer relapse and don’t respond to treatment.

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person giving insulin shot
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

No more shots

A potential cure for Type 1 diabetes is on the horizon, and the novel approach would also allow Type 2 diabetics to stop insulin shots.

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patient suffering from PTSD talking to therapist
June 7, 2017June 30, 2017  by contributor

Talking it out

Talk therapy can lead to recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder for those who suffer from combat-related PTSD.

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bowl of corn
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Beware what you eat

Rates of liver cancer continue to be high for Latinos. Contaminated food may be to blame.

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researcher using mass spectrometer
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by Lety Laurel

Sharper image

Over four decades, the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory has been a part of countless research projects—in a range of disciplines—conducted at the university.

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roads merge
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

It takes two

Two weeks is all it took for deadly, late-stage head and neck tumors to shrink in mouse models. The cause: a combination of two targeted treatments already approved by the FDA.

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pain chart
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Zero pain

What if there were a safe and effective way to control pain at its source, tailored to each patient, yet without the risk of addiction and overdose?

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Philanthropists Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long
June 7, 2017February 15, 2018  by feistj

Empowering generations

Philanthropists Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long have supported scholarships since 1999. But their impact goes beyond dollars.

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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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