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November 4, 2019 • Research, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Parents can be one of the best deterrents to underage drinking by having knowledge of and talking to their kids about alcohol content presented on social networking sites, say two UNT Health Science Center public health researchers. Dana M. Litt, PhD, Associate Professor at the UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH), and…
September 24, 2019 • College of Pharmacy, Research
By: Jan Jarvis The mere mention of gene editing and DNA altering might conjure up images of designer babies, but that is not what researcher Jin Liu has in mind. She wants help to find a cure for life-threatening diseases by making the gene-editing device CRISPR-Cas9 safer and more precise. “Any genetic disease, the CRISPR-Cas9…
June 14, 2019 • Research, UNT Texas Center for Performing Arts Health
By Jan Jarvis As a musician, Sarah Dunbar never imagined she would one day be leaning over a cadaver studying facial muscles. Yet, that is exactly where the University of North Texas College of Music graduate student found herself after years of struggling with severe pain caused by chronic temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJD,…
June 14, 2019 • Graduate School Biomedical, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Jan Jarvis Vision loss is one of the risks astronauts face when they return from space flights. Called Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome or SANS, the condition is characterized by swelling in the optic nerve head. Other ocular abnormalities of SANS include flattening of the back of the eye, vascular changes and decreased near vision.…
June 3, 2019 • Research
By Jan Jarvis Social, behavioral and economic factors can change an individual’s biology and set them up for various chronic diseases from cancer to cardiovascular disease. How these factors affect minority and underserved populations is the focus of the 14th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities June 6-7 at UNT Health Science Center. The “Social…
May 3, 2019 • Research
By Alex Branch . An innovative pain research registry at UNT Health Science Center will expand to other major Texas cities, a big step for the project that could help change the way chronic pain is treated The PRECISION Pain Research Registry allows UNTHSC researchers to analyze the DNA of people who suffer chronic lower…
May 1, 2019 • Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Jan Jarvis As a young graduate student in the 1970s, Thomas Yorio attended his first Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting. “There were about 400 abstracts presented then,” he said. Now it is more like 6,000. Over four decades, ARVO grew into the largest gathering of eye and vision researchers in the…
April 3, 2019 • College of Pharmacy, Graduate School Biomedical, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Jan Jarvis The CT scan of a 22-pound mass in the abdomen of a young woman was hard to miss in a room spilling over with research posters. To illustrate just how large the mass was, third-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student Julie Bunyard pulled out a tape measure and showed that the…
March 27, 2019 • Education, Research
Media Contact: Herb Booth The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute is making flexible soft robotic gloves that will aid in rehabilitating stroke patients through virtual reality gaming. Combining this glove with the virtual reality gaming to be developed by Neuro Rehab VR will enable stroke patients to engage in rehabilitation activities for…
March 27, 2019 • Research
By Jan Jarvis Pharmacy student Meredith Garrett is excited about presenting a poster for the first time at Research Appreciation Day. “You always get that one question that you didn’t expect,” the first-year pharmacy student said. “So I’m trying to anticipate any question that might be asked and explain the clinical significance of our…
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