Galveston County Daily News, December 23, 2009

The University of Texas Medical Branch’s National Biocontainment Training Center has received a $5 million boost in federal funding support. The funding, contained in the Department of Defense appropriations bill, was signed into law by the president Monday. The medical branch is a nationally... more »

Galveston County Daily News, December 22, 2009

Eye doctors might soon administer drugs into patients’ eyes using pulsing light instead of needles. Research at UTMB’s department of ophthalmology and visual sciences has yielded promising results in laboratory tests, Dr. Bernard Godley, lead researcher and department chairman and a... more »

Science Daily, December 22, 2009

Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to UTMB researchers Dr. Abbey Berenson and Dr. Mahbubur Rahman.... more »

Eye doctors may soon administer drugs into patients’ eyes using pulsing light instead of needles. Groundbreaking research at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston department of ophthalmology and visual sciences has yielded promising results in laboratory tests, according to Dr.... more »

American Association of Colleges of Nursing News Watch, December 1, 2009

Pamela G. Watson, dean of the UTMB School of Nursing, recently received notice of a $2 million grant from the Department of Education for 2009 hurricane disaster relief. These funds will be used to relocate the Nursing Simulation Center and allow for expanded use by students in all health science... more »

Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2009

Researchers at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio found that an experimental antiviral drug called SPC3649 suppresses hepatitis C in chimpanzees. UTMB microbiologist Stanley M. Lemon, who was not involved in the research, said, “The thing that makes [the new drug]... more »

Science Centric, November 21, 2009

Last week during the Vaccines for Biothreats and Emerging and Neglected Diseases Symposium, organized by UTMB’s Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, the Elsevier journal Vaccine released a supplement dedicated to vaccines for biodefense. This publication provides a comprehensive,... more »

Universe Today, November 16, 2009

This article is an account of studies conducted at UTMB’s Flight Analog Research Unit. The article quotes a subject participating in the 21-day Lunar Analog Feasibility Study about her experiences. In addition to the 21-day study, an 87-day bed rest study is conducted in the FARU. more »

Medical News Today, November 17, 2009

A study by UTMB Dr. Allan Brasier and colleagues, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found that “inflammation is critical in aortic dissection.” Interleukin-6 “plays the central role in the process. Without it, you don’t have dissection,” Brasier said. more »

The aorta, the body’s largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although its walls are extraordinarily strong, like other blood vessels the aorta can sometimes develop bulges, called... more »