• Valar Labs Announces Validation of First Histology-based Test to Predict Response to BCG in Bladder Cancer

    “Accurately identifying patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer that will not respond to BCG is essential so they can receive the treatment that is best suited for them,” said UTMB’s Dr. Stephen B. Williams in this article about a newly developed histology-based test designed to predict how bladder cancer patients will respond to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment.

  • Dr. Michael P. Sheetz Robert A Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

    UTMB researcher named top scholar by ScholarGPS

    Dr. Michael Sheetz is the top scholar in the world publishing on cytoskeletons and among the top 0.05 percent of scholars according to ScholarGPS, an analytics site which tracks and ranks scholars and institutions worldwide.

  • Care Closet expands to all UTMB campuses

    The Care Closet, which provides clothing, toiletries and other basic needs to patients and their families, is now available at the University of Texas Medical Branch League City, Clear Lake and Angleton Danbury campuses, in addition to the original program on the Galveston Campus.

  • Did Columbus bring syphilis to Europe

    There has been much speculation among scientists and historians about where the first syphilis epidemic in the late 15th-century Europe came from but new evidence may help solve the mystery, write Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their Medical Discovery News column.

  • How love and social connections keep us well

    Do you realize that loneliness and social isolation are as bad for your health as smoking? Loneliness can increase the risk of stroke and heart attacks and promote hypertension, obesity, diabetes, dementia, depression and other mental health problems, writes Dr. Victor S. Sierpina in his column for the Daily News.

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