New UTMB graduate students celebrate Community of Scholars
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
Sixty-six new students were welcomed to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences during the annual... more »
How Ebola kills you: It's not the virus
National Public RadioSeptember 2, 2014
Ebola has a nasty reputation for the way it damages the body. It's rightfully earned. “At the end stage of the disease, you have small leaks in... more »
Ebola drug saves infected monkeys
NatureSeptember 2, 2014
ZMapp, the drug that has been used to treat seven patients during the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa, can completely protect monkeys against th... more »
UTMB appoints vice president and chief medical officer
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
Dr. Selwyn O. Rogers, a surgeon and public health expert with credentials from Harvard, Vanderbilt and Temple schools of medicine, is the new vice pre... more »
Inside UTMB - Walking Wonders joins Race for Cure
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
Walking Wonders joins Race for Cure
UTMB team captains Dr. Eric Walser and Dr. Angel Robinson, along with community co-captains John Eckel, Ann... more »
UTMB aerospace medicine residents to train in Antarctica
September 2, 2014
UTMB aerospace medicine residents to train in Antarctica
Austere environment with limited resources is similar to space
By Maureen... more »
UTMB aerospace residents to train in Antarctica
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
Two aerospace medicine residents will have an “out-of-this-world” experience when they head to the South Pole for a rotation through the... more »
MDN: Third-hand smoke is dangerous, too
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
In this weeks’ Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: The idea of third-hand smoke premiered in 2009, and... more »
Can surgeons be trained using gaming technology?
Medical News TodaySeptember 2, 2014
In 2012, researchers at UTMB devised an experiment involving virtual surgical tools. The researchers compared the proficiency of UTMB residents with... more »
Medical Discovery News - Thirdhand smoke is dangerous, too
Galveston County Daily NewsSeptember 2, 2014
Medical Discovery News
By Norbert Herzog and David Niesel
Science has long proved that smoking is bad for you and those around you, with 90... more »