First 20 Students At UT San Antonio Have Been Accepted into New 7-Year Medical Degree Program

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and UT Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) have partnered to offer students a shortened medical degree program, with the first 20 students having been accepted and scheduled to begin this fall. Known as FAME, the Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Education program offers students the ability to shave a year off their schooling time by eliminating the requirement for classes unrelated to their chosen field of study.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/24/first-20-students-at-ut-san-antonio-have-been-accepted-into-new-7-year-medical-degree-program/

UT Health Science Center At San Antonio Expanding With New $45 M Building

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to get a new education facility. Last week,The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved design development plans and authorized expenditure of $45 million from Permanent University Fund (PUF) bond proceeds for the construction of an Academic Learning and Teaching Center at the UTHSC.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/13/ut-health-science-center-at-san-antonio-expanding-with-new-45-m-building/

Integral Technical Services VP Gives Talk To San Jacinto College Students

Pasadena-based technical recruiting firm, Integral Technical Services, sent their vice-president, Darin Clark, as speaker at San Jacinto College’s H-LSAMP (Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholars Program) and T-STEM Recognition Reception with an audience of over 100 students.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/13/integral-technical-services-vp-gives-talk-to-san-jacinto-college-students/

San Antonio’s Biotech Sector Expands Into Craft Beer

San Antonio is quickly growing in the bioscience sector, not only in Texas or the United States, but internationally as well. While the biotech industry commonly encompasses medical research and innovations, it doesn’t stop there. Alamo Yeast Labs will be the first company to offer services to craft beer brewers in the form of bioscience – it will join only three others of its kind in the nation.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/08/san-antonios-biotech-sector-expands-into-craft-beer/

InCube Labs adds two new companies to their San Antonio operations

Life science-focused research lab InCube Labs is expanding their San Antonio operations by adding two new companies to their roster. Theracle and iBridge Medical will be the new InCube subsidiaries that will join the existing InCube businesses located in San Antonio which is comprised of Corhythm, Fe3 Medical, and Neurolink.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/03/incube-labs-adds-two-new-companies-to-their-san-antonio-operations/

The University of Texas at San Antonio And Local Firm Rackspace Develop Advanced OpenStack-Based Software Platform for Academic Research

Read about how The University of Texas at San Antonio And Local Firm Rackspace Develop Advanced OpenStack-Based Software Platform for Academic Research.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/17/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio-and-local-firm-rackspace-develop-advanced-openstack-based-software-platform-for-academic-research/

San Antonio-Based National Primate Research Center Findings Part Of Unlocking New microRNA Revelations

Read about how the San Antonio-Based National Primate Research Center Findings are Part Of Unlocking New microRNA Revelations

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/17/san-antonio-based-national-primate-research-center-findings-part-of-unlocking-new-microrna-revelations/

San Antonio, TX Diagnostics Research Group Testing Off-Market COPD Medications

Diagnostics Research Group, a clinical research facility based in San Antonio, Texas, is currently in collaboration with several pharmaceutical companies to analyse COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) medications not yet made available to the public.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/16/san-antonio-tx-diagnostics-research-group-testing-off-market-copd-medications/

The University of Texas at San Antonio Deploys AMD SeaMicro SM15000 “Data Center In A Box” Servers To Create Private Cloud Computing Environment

Read about how The University of Texas at San Antonio Deploys AMD SeaMicro SM15000 “Data Center In A Box” Servers To Create Private Cloud Computing Environment.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/11/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio-deploys-amd-seamicro-sm15000-data-center-in-a-box-servers-to-create-private-cloud-computing-environment/

Texas Biomed finds natural substance helps fight skin cancer

The Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), a leading independent biomedical research institution located in San Antonio, has found that a naturally occurring substance can help in the fight against melanoma, the primary cause of death from skin cancer.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/11/texas-biomed-finds-natural-substance-helps-fight-skin-cancer/

UT San Antonio free lecture on Cancer prevention through cooking

Michael Wargovich from the University of Texas San Antonio is putting his research where is mouth is, literally. He has not only shown that the “Western” diet is part of the reason that industrialized societies have much higher cancer rates than do third world nations, he is helping people do something about it.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/06/ut-san-antonio-free-lecture-on-cancer-prevention-through-cooking/

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Study Likely to Change Kidney Cancer Surgery Practices

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Study Likely to Change Kidney Cancer Surgery Practices

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/03/ut-health-science-center-at-san-antonio-study-likely-to-change-kidney-cancer-surgery-practices/

Newly-Formed Organization “The Health Cell” to Promote Biotech in San Antonio

A new nonprofit organization has officially formed in San Antonio that is designed to foster the collaboration and increase success of biotechnology in conjunction with academic, medical and military sectors. To achieve this goal, the just-announced organization, The Health Cell, has an executive committee and a board of directors made up of representatives from each of these sectors.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/02/newly-formed-organization-the-health-cell-to-promote-biotech-in-san-antonio/

UT San Antonio Doctor To Study If Twigs, Leaves and Berries Can Truly Fight Cancer

Holistic medicine and diet have long been considered to be cures for an array of ailments, from athlete’s foot to heart disease. But molecular medicine professor Michael Wargovich of UT San Antonio wanted to see if eating only truly natural foods could actually help mankind’s fight in the battle against Cancer.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/01/ut-san-antonio-doctor-to-study-if-twigs-leaves-and-berries-can-truly-fight-cancer/

Researchers from UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, discover “cancer fighter” in soil

Read about how Researchers from UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, discover “cancer fighter” in soil.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/03/25/researchers-from-ut-health-science-center-san-antonio-discover-cancer-fighter-in-soil/

Findings Presented At San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Reveal Benefits of Tamoxifen In Breast Cancer Treatment

Read about how Findings Presented At San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Reveal Benefits of Tamoxifen In Breast Cancer Treatment.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/03/20/findings-presented-at-san-antonio-breast-cancer-symposium-reveal-benefits-of-tamoxifen-in-breast-cancer-treatment/

San Antonio InCube Biotech Incubator Venture Gets Mixed Reviews Thus Far

The venture capital pedigree for InCube and San Jose-based start-up guru Mir Imran is unquestionable, and the venture continues to raise money. But is InCube too much of a gamble for the city of San Antonio?

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/03/18/san-antonio-incube-biotech-incubator-venture-gets-mixed-reviews-thus-far/

Health Care Access Increased With Partnership Between UT San Antonio and MinuteClinic

Read about how Health Care Access has Increased in Texas With Partnership Between UT San Antonio and MinuteClinic.

http://www.swbiosearch.com/health-care-access-increased-with-partnership-between-ut-san-antonio-and-minuteclinic/