UPI, May 21, 2013

Too many women in Texas get an invasive surgical breast biopsy instead of the recommended non-invasive fine needle biopsy, a U.S. researcher says. Dr. Taylor Riall, associate professor of surgery at UTMB, and a lead investigator for the study said many women in Texas with an abnormality on a routine... more »

Prevention, May 21, 2013

You already know to keep calories and fat in check, but you'll fan the flames of your metabolism by putting another nutrient on your radar: protein, the building block of lean muscle mass. “The amino acids enter your bloodstream and are then absorbed by your muscle tissues and other... more »

Houston Business Journal, May 21, 2013

UTMB has been awarded a $4.9 million grant to study how to care for and promote the health and well-being of elderly patients. All four of UTMB's schools will participate in the study. Dr. James Goodwin, director of UTMB's Sealy Center on Aging in Galveston, will head up the project. This award... more »

New Scientist, May 17, 2013

As the number of cases of MERS, the Middle Eastern coronavirus, reaches 40 — with 20 deaths so far — the disease is behaving more and more like its relation, SARS, that killed nearly 800 people worldwide in 2003. However, MERS is not SARS — it binds to a different cell receptor, so... more »

Houston Business Journal, May 20, 2013

Researchers at UTMB have been awarded a $1.8 million, five-year grant to apply methods of gene therapy to pain that arises from malfunctions in the nervous system, known as neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by accidental or disease-induced nerve damage and is difficult to treat, said... more »

The University of Texas Medical Branch has been awarded a $4.9 million grant for the state’s first federally funded center to study how best to care for and promote the health and well-being of elderly patients. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in the Elderly center will be led by Dr.... more »

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to apply the techniques of gene therapy to the problem of neuropathic pain — that is, pain that arises from a malfunction... more »

MSN Healthy Living, May 15, 2013

UTMB’s Douglas Paddon-Jones and Dr. Elena Volpi weigh in on how best to prevent age-related muscle loss. Paddon-Jones advises doing resistance training: “It’s massively important for building muscle — and preventing it from vanishing in the first place.” If you’re... more »

ABC News Radio, May 14, 2013

A virus similar to SARS has spread through hospitals in Europe and the Middle East, prompting fears of human-to-human transmission. But health officials said vaccines were unlikely to play a role in controlling the outbreak, which has sickened 34 people and killed 18. Instead, they've focused on... more »

HealthCanal.com, May 9, 2013

The relationship between the processes of RNA reading and protein folding is at the center of paper recently published in the journal Nature on circadian rhythms. UTMB associate professor José Barral played a key role in the project that produced the paper, which was led by a team from the... more »