The NIH has granted $4 million to an area initiative to create a research and commercialization hub.
Have you ever considered how many people experience hearing loss, ask Drs. Norbert Herzog and David Niesel in their Medical Discovery News column. There can be multiple reasons a person experiences hearing loss but, thanks to scientific research, there could also be ways to reverse it.
UTMB’s Dr. Hasan Yasin provides tips and techniques for buying healthy food on your next trip to the grocery story.
Naming a new vaccine isn’t an easy process, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp in their latest Vaccine Smarts column. Rupp and Berman walk readers through steps of naming the newest lifesaving shots.
With Thanksgiving around the corner, Dr. Samuel Mathis writes about the real health effects practicing gratitude can have. Studies have found that practicing gratitude for 15 minutes a day can have a profound and lasting impact on our lives and how we perceive the world, Mathis writes.
While it’s impossible to predict which pathogen will cause the next pandemic, swine flu is a likely candidate write Drs. Nobert Herzog and David Niesel in their latest Medical Discovery News column.
“It is very important that this drug was approved and reached the market,” UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela tells the Daily News for a story on a study currently recruiting people for a clinic trail. “The ultimate goal is a cure, which I really hope we are on the right track to achieve,” Tagliatela said.
UTMB’s Dr. Peter Cram comments on a recent report that found Canada scores poorly when it comes to opioid deaths and access to care.
Visits to the ER for children are on the rise as candy-like medications become more common, according to this report from KTRE. Mark Winter, a specialist for the Southeast Texas Poison Control Center and UTMB professor, told KTRE that poison centers have been dealing with medications that look like candy for years.
The cost savings from blood management programs go beyond blood acquisition costs, UTMB’s Dr. Justin Halls tells Healthcare Brew.
The American Association of Medical Assistants named UTMB’s Sherry Bogar, a certified patient navigator and medical assistant at UTMB’s Surgical Oncology and Breast Health Clinic in League City, as the 2023-2025 AAMA Speaker of the House.
Becker’s spoke to Dr. Jochen Reiser about the recent reorganization of UTMB’s executive leadership team to support four main pillars: research, education, clinical delivery and innovation.
Dr. Jochen Reiser also spoke with i45Now about the renovation of the 1933 US Customs House on Galveston’s historic Strand into the state-of-the-art incubator. The facility exemplifies what Reiser calls the “fourth pillar,” adding innovation to the institution’s existing foundation of research, education and clinical care.
“This facility will empower researchers and entrepreneurs to collaborate in a unique ecosystem, bringing advances in life sciences closer to practice,” UTMB’s Dr. Jochen Reiser said at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the 7,000 square foot Life Science Incubator.
For the fourth time, the University of Texas Medical Branch Police Department has been awarded national law enforcement accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
The University of Texas Medical Branch recently announced the implementation of a state-of-the-art robotic bronchoscopy system. Aimed at delivering the highest standard of care to patients, this technology is set to revolutionize diagnostic procedures in pulmonary medicine, offering unprecedented precision and minimally invasive capabilities.
From what babies are eligible for the monoclonal antibody immunization, to how it differs from the option for pregnant women, Dr. Manuela Murray shares all the information about the recently approved RSV injections.
From the opening of the new UTMB Life Science Incubator to the ongoing work of the institution's Innovation and Entrepreneurship team, UTMB is empowering individuals to take the fields of health and life sciences by storm by nurturing the development of fresh, new ideas, solutions and marketable products.
Throughout 2023, three injections offering protection against RSV were approved. Learn more about each type and what, if any, might be right for you and your loved ones.
The University of Texas Medical Branch Life Science Incubator celebrated its grand opening with a Ribbon-Cutting and Open House event. This milestone marks the establishment of a cutting-edge incubator designed to support early-stage life science companies and entrepreneurs while fostering innovation and academic-industry collaboration in the field.