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F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

  • By Hope LaFreniere
  • January 11, 2018

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health ranked states with rural counties (47) on the quality of their rural health. The report ranks states on a 4.0 scale by measuring mortality, morbidity and access to health care of rural counties. Overall, 10 states received a grade of A, while nine received a failing grade.

Student Research Week to Celebrate 30 Years

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 08, 2018

Call for Research Abstracts. Every year, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students organize Student Research Week to showcase the work of the next generation of biomedical researchers and invite distinguished national and international speakers to present discoveries on a specific theme.

TTUHSC Licenses Rights to Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy Gene

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 05, 2018

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has licensed patent rights to the limb-girdle muscular dystrophy gene, nano-dysferlin developed by Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., associate professor in the TTUHSC Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics.

Research opening gates for better targeting drugs

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 04, 2018

Researchers at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) have determined the kinetic cycle of a potassium channel at atomic resolution.

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