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January 15, 2025

TTUHSC Researchers Developing Lupus Treatment

Jon McCord, Ph.D., a recent postdoc at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, and Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., from TTUHSC’s Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, study a mutation in a specific protein found in lupus patients. Together, they aim to become the force behind this new, patent pending therapy.

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December 26, 2024

TTUHSC Researcher to Study Protein Regulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

The National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging recently awarded a two-year, $310,000 grant to Petar Grozdanov, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

tags: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Lubbock, Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

December 26, 2024

TTUHSC’s Cornwall to Investigate Structure of Brain Extracellular Matrix

The National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging recently awarded a two-year, $420,750 R21 grant to Gail Cornwall, Ph.D., from the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry.

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December 16, 2024

New Year, New You: Effective Weight Loss Strategies

Drew Payne, D.O., internal medicine, Texas Tech Physicians, offered insights into effective weight loss strategies.

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November 14, 2024

Navigating Holiday Cheer

Seasonal alcoholic beverages at festive parties are woven into many holiday traditions, and many experts agree that consumption can bring risks worth keeping in mind as the holiday season gets into full swing.

tags: Amarillo, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

November 06, 2024

TTUHSC’s Santos Inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®

Ariel Santos, M.D., a trauma and critical care surgeon and interim chair for the Department of Surgery at TTUHSC, was inducted into membership in the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators® Sept. 27 in Chicago.

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November 05, 2024

TARCC, AHA Grants to Aide TTUHSC Researcher

Murali Vijayan, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at TTUHSC, has been awarded a research grant from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium to investigate the role of Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 1 in Alzheimer’s disease.

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October 24, 2024

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women overall in the United States will have a diagnosis of breast cancer sometime in her life. There are currently more than four million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

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September 26, 2024

Journal’s Special Edition Recalls Landmark Discovery Made in TTUHSC Lab

In September 1994, the Journal of Biological Chemistry published a paper that for the first time described the cloning, sequencing and naming of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) protein. That paper has been cited more than 1,400 times since that initial publication.

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September 19, 2024

Medical Student Receives Alpha Omega Alpha Research Fellowship

Sai Pranathi Bingi, a third-year student at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, has been awarded a 2024 AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship by Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society founded in 1902.

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