Alarming Lack of Doctors In South Texas Spur 7-Year Medical School Programs

In spite of the fact that the state of Texas boasts one of the foremost biotech and life sciences sectors in the world today, the state itself suffers from a lack of physicians, particularly in south Texas, according to a recent article published on the University of Texas, San Antonio blog.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/25/alarming-lack-of-doctors-in-south-texas-spur-7-year-medical-school-programs/

MD Anderson, Texas Medical Center Researchers Frustrated Over Lack Of New Cancer Drugs For Children

Read about how MD Anderson and Texas Medical Center Researchers are Frustrated Over the Lack Of New Cancer Drugs For Children.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/25/md-anderson-texas-medical-center-researchers-frustrated-over-lack-of-new-cancer-drugs-for-children/

New President of Texas Medical Association has Three Priorities for his Term

The Texas Medical Association has officially named Dr. Stephen Brotherton, an orthopedic surgeon out of Fort Worth, as its new president. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) organization is based in Austin, and says its 47,000 members comprised of medical students and physicians make it the largest state medical society in the United States.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/21/new-president-of-texas-medical-association-has-three-priorities-for-his-term/

UT Southwestern Medical Center Researcher Wins AGA Research Foundation Research Scholar Award

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has announced the recipients of its Research Foundation Research Scholars Awards for 2013. Edaire Cheng, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas is one of the three recipients of this prestigious award.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/21/ut-southwestern-medical-center-researcher-wins-aga-research-foundation-research-scholar-award/

Gov. Perry Appoints Eight Members To The Texas Medical Board

Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced the appointment of eight new members to the Texas Medical Board — the state regulatory body that oversees and promotes public health, safety and welfare by setting and maintaining standards of care to be observed in the practice of medicine to ensure that Texans can expect and receive quality health care.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/20/gov-perry-appoints-eight-members-to-the-texas-medical-board/

Plans Revealed for Dell Medical School Construction at The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers approached the school’s Board of Regents to propose a $334 million plan to build the Dell Medical School at the university, providing further details about the new addition. According to an article on the University of Texas’ website, construction of the Dell Medical School will: …bring focus to the university’s diverse biomedical research as it helps transform community health care

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/13/plans-revealed-for-dell-medical-school-construction-at-the-university-of-texas-at-austin/

Plans Revealed for Dell Medical School Construction at The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers approached the school’s Board of Regents to propose a $334 million plan to build the Dell Medical School at the university, providing further details about the new addition. According to an article on the University of Texas’ website, construction of the Dell Medical School will:

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/13/plans-revealed-for-dell-medical-school-construction-at-the-university-of-texas-at-austin/

Texas’ Invictus Medical Appoints New COO and VP of Sales

Read about how Texas’ Invictus Medical Appoints New COO and VP of Sales.

http://http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/08/texas-invictus-medical-appoints-new-coo-and-vp-of-sales/

UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers Find Some Bladder Cancers Could Reoccur Despite Bladder Removal

Read about how UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers Find Some Bladder Cancers Could Reoccur Despite Bladder Removal.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/08/ut-southwestern-medical-center-researchers-find-some-bladder-cancers-could-reoccur-despite-bladder-removal/

UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers Determine Telomeres Affect Gene Expression

Scientists at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have identified telomere shortening as the primary cause of certain genetic diseases that appears with advancing age.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/06/ut-southwestern-medical-center-researchers-determine-telomeres-affect-gene-expression/

Texas Firm’s BiO2 Medical Inc. Angel Catheter Device Study Receives FDA Go Ahead

Read about how Texas Firm’s BiO2 Medical Inc. Angel Catheter Device Study Receives FDA Go Ahead

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/06/texas-firms-bio2-medical-inc-angel-catheter-device-study-receives-fda-go-ahead/

UT Medical Branch Researchers Reveal Ebola’s Secret Weapon

A team of scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has discovered the primary host-invasion mechanism of Ebola virus that is responsible for its virulence. The pathogenic virus affects the adaptive immunity to prevent host defenses from destruction of viral proteins.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/03/ut-medical-branch-researchers-reveal-ebolas-secret-weapon/

Rush University Medical Center Positive Clinical Data For Dallas Firm Access Pharmaceuticals’ MuGard Presented At Oncology Nursing Society Congress

Read about how Rush University Medical Center Positive Clinical Data For Dallas Firm Access Pharmaceuticals’ MuGard has been Presented At the Oncology Nursing Society Congress:

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/30/rush-university-medical-center-positive-clinical-data-for-dallas-firm-access-pharmaceuticals-mugard-presented-at-oncology-nursing-society-congress/

UT Medical Branch Researchers Participate In Genomics Analysis Of What Distinguishes Disease-causing Freshwater Bacteria from Harmless Strains

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch have collaborated with a team of scientists from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, the FDA, the University of Maryland, the Maryland VA, and Emory University School of Medicine to examine the common waterborne bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila, which has increasingly been implicated in serious human infections.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/25/ut-medical-branch-researchers-participate-in-genomics-analysis-of-what-distinguishes-disease-causing-freshwater-bacteria-from-harmless-strains/

Texas Medical Center and GHCVB to Bring Human Genome Meeting to Houston in 2016

Read about how the Texas Medical Center and GHCVB to Bring Human Genome Meeting to Houston in 2016.

http://Texas Medical Center and GHCVB to Bring Human Genome Meeting to Houston in 2016

Rice University To Establish New Brain Damage Recovery Lab At Texas Medical Center, Houston

Read about how Rice University is To Establish a New Brain Damage Recovery Lab At the Texas Medical Center in Houston.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/17/rice-university-to-establish-new-brain-damage-recovery-lab-at-texas-medical-center-houston/

UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers: Pathogen’s Scissor-Like Enzyme Provides New Clues to Treatment of Infectious Disease

Food-borne infectious diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, resulting in over 90 million deaths annually. However, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers recently identified the primary pathogenic factors that allow foreign invaders to evade a host defense system.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/07/ut-southwestern-medical-center-researchers-pathogens-scissor-like-enzyme-provides-new-clues-to-treatment-of-infectious-disease/

UT Medical Branch, Sandia’s new weapon in the war against bioterrorism

Bioterrorism has become ad increasingly real threat in the modern world, even while quick, early detection of biothreat agents has been thus-far elusive. Sandia National Laboratories, who has shared a long-time partnership with the University of Texas Medical Branch, has been working to develop a simple, rapid biothreat detector capable of determining a bioterrorism attack before it becomes an epidemic.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/02/ut-medical-branch-sandias-new-weapon-in-the-war-against-bioterrorism/

Officials Hope To Foster Biotech Hub Near New Dell Medical School At UT Austin

read about how Officials Hope To Foster Biotech Hub Near New Dell Medical School At UT Austin.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/02/officials-hope-to-foster-biotech-hub-near-new-dell-medical-school-at-ut-austin/

Plano,Texas-Based Argon Medical Devices Purchases Angiotech Medical Devices Subsidiary

Read how Argon Medical Devices' acquisition of key Angiotech product lines bolster the company's product offerings and further establish it as a leader in the medical devices market.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/03/28/planotexas-based-argon-medical-devices-purchases-angiotech-medical-devices-subsidiary/