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June 14, 2021 • Health Disparities Campaign, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The PRECISION Pain Research Registry at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth has identified important racial disparities in pain management that became more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its study recently published in the special COVID-19 supplement to the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine…
May 3, 2021 • Alumni, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Malignant brain tumors, known as glioblastoma multiforme, spread aggressively and are described as incurable. The five-year survival rate for people diagnosed with this cancer – also known as GBM – is only 6.8 % and the average length of survival for people with GBM is about 12 to 18 months, according to the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS). Experts at The University of North Texas Health Science Center…
March 10, 2021 • College of Pharmacy, Research, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Drs. Dimitrios Karamichos and Melissa Petersen at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, are teaming with DownSyndrome Achieves (DSA) Biobank in Ohio to find clues about Keratoconus Dystrophy. Their research will help better identify individuals with Down syndrome who are at risk of the disease and whether this disease can be prevented with medicine. “Keratoconus is a complex, multifactorial, corneal disease that remains a mystery, in the context of…
March 5, 2021 • Research, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Research is one of the backbones that medicine can’t live without and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine second-year student Katie Albin is hoping some of her latest research can help make a difference for the younger generation. Albin teamed up with Dr. Diana Perkins, a Professor of Psychiatry from the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, to write an…
January 15, 2021 • Education, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Sarah Hewitt I lay on my back on a table with my lower body from the waist down inside a triangular wooden box, not unlike a magician’s box as if I’d volunteered to be sawed in half. Dr. Caroline Rickards, an associate professor from UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, secured a neoprene belt across…
January 8, 2021 • College of Pharmacy, North Texas Eye Research Institute, Research
A large number of veterans and military members experience eye trauma and potential vision loss due to service-related injuries. With the support of a research grant from the Department of Defense (DoD), researcher Dr. Hongli Wu is on the cusp of developing a delivery agent to protect those ailments. The Vision Research Program (VRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award is a highly competitive grant with a defined vision…
December 9, 2020 • Institute for Translational Research, Research
By Alex Branch The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) announced a $7 million investment to research the biological differences that put African Americans at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease and to develop new treatments that prevent the deadly disease. Among people 65 and older, African Americans have the highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease, followed by Hispanics and non-Latino whites, according to the…
September 21, 2020 • Center for Human Identification, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Alex Branch In June 2017, Shawn Neill, 42, got on his four-wheeler and rumbled toward the banks of the Ohio River near his Illinois home. The only son of Rex and Judy Neill loved camping, fishing and hunting for wild mushrooms and arrowheads. He pitched a tent on the riverbank — and vanished. Law enforcement and hundreds of volunteers scoured the river.…
September 14, 2020 • Institute for Translational Research, Research
Researchers at HSC Fort Worth were awarded a grant expected to total $45 million from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to expand innovative research into Alzheimer’s disease and the biological differences that cause the disease to disproportionately afflict Mexican Americans. The 5-year research grant, awarded to Sid O’Bryant, PhD, Professor…
August 14, 2020 • Center for Human Identification, Research
By Jan Jarvis Today’s DNA testing is highly accurate, but errors still occur due to the limited genetic information accessible with current technologies. These errors can have serious impact on people’s lives. New technology has been shown to reduce the chances of false associations and should be more widely used, said Jianye Ge, PhD., Associate Professor and Associate Director…
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