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December 18, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences
A drug-delivery system that targets and destroys ovarian cancer cells is one step closer to improving the outcome for women diagnosed with the often deadly disease. A $742,000 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant will be used to strengthen research on the use of "good cholesterol" nanoparticles that can selectively shrink or…
December 17, 2014 • HSC Health
When Ebola was diagnosed in Dallas, it set off a tidal wave of fear that left health officials scrambling to stave off a communitywide crisis. It ended with three confirmed cases, including one death. A less exotic, but no less serious, health risk is now upon us. The flu season has barely started, and already…
December 16, 2014 • School of Health Professions
From the moment he got out of bed in the morning, Wayne Yancy feared he would lose his balance and hit the floor. "There were times when I would just be walking along and fall down," said the 67-year-old retiree, who had suffered several injuries from falls. Only when he was hospitalized for complications from…
December 15, 2014 • College of Pharmacy
Sun lovers are bombarded daily by warnings about the cancer dangers posed by their passion. But researchers now are offering hope to patients with skin cancer that they could be treated one day with a radioactive bandage containing exactly the right dosage to shrink tumor lesions. Researchers say such a bandage s could be used…
December 15, 2014
Medical students learn far more about how disease changes a life when they talk to real patients. That's why UNTHSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine invites people with various health conditions to its Fort Worth campus to be interviewed by these physicians-in-training. "We are unique in using actual patients to train students in clinical communication,"…
December 15, 2014 • School of Public Health
Robyn B. Remotigue, Research Manager of the UNTHSC School of Public Health, has been named to the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). NCURA serves its members and advances the field of research administration through education and professional development programs, the sharing of knowledge and experience, and by fostering a professional and collegial community.…
December 14, 2014 • Community
UNT Health Science Center will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 2, for the winter holiday. All classes and administrative offices will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume on Monday, Jan. 5, at 8 a.m. UNT Health offices and clinics will close at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and Wednesday,…
December 12, 2014 • School of Public Health
Students at the University of Tokyo recently gained valuable insight into statistics for research from a UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health guest lecturer. Sumihiro (Sumi) Suzuki, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, taught five lectures and five workshops during his visit and consulted one-on-one with students working on their PhD dissertation and master's…
December 11, 2014 • School of Health Professions
After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever regain her mobility with a prosthetic foot that felt stiff and awkward. But her experience wearing a more technologically advanced prosthesis under the eye of Nicoleta Bugnariu, PhD, PT, has the Arlington amputee imagining an independent future. "I can…
December 10, 2014 • School of Health Professions
Born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, Sasha is nonverbal and non-ambulatory, requiring a wheelchair. She takes her meals by feeding tube. Her parents, Pete and Michele, make sure she has good quality of life. They take her out of the house frequently for a change of surroundings. Sasha, now 30, has been invited to and…
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