2018 Article Archive
Innovation, personal touch hallmarks of new Radiation Oncology building
Innovation, personal touch hallmarks of new Radiation Oncology building
Searching for chinks in pathogens' armor
Searching for chinks in pathogens' armor
Obesity amplifies genetic risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
An international study based at UT Southwestern has revealed a new wrinkle in this genetic-environmental correlation: Obesity significantly amplifies the effects of three gene variants that increase the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Fighting cancer with the world’s best radiation oncology treatments
Patsy Whittenberg drove six hours from the Texas Panhandle for cancer treatment at UT Southwestern, the first place in Texas to offer the newest generation of Gamma Knife radiosurgery – a targeted radiation device that offers an alternative to invasive tumor removal surgery.
Nanoparticle vaccine shows promise as cancer immunotherapy
A groundbreaking nanoparticle vaccine immunotherapy that targets several different cancer types has been developed by biomedical researchers at UT Southwestern.
UTSW Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth opens
UTSW Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth opens
A minimally traumatizing surgery for a maximum-risk heart
Seven percent. That’s the percentage of the blood in Tommy Lloyd’s heart that flowed through his aorta with each squeeze of his heart. For a healthy heart of someone in their 60s, that number should be about 70 percent.
Putting a mechanical pump to the regenerative test
Might heart attack-damaged heart muscle be prompted to repair itself?
Potential treatment for fatal, incurable kidney disease being developed
Dr. Vishal Patel, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, hopes to one day change the grim prognosis of polycystic kidney disease.