Judge Decides Where Starved Spring Boy Will Live
Judge decides where starved Spring boy will live
Bradley Bleimeyer, whose 5-year-old son was being kept in a closet, and was starved, tortured, and drugged, is escorted into a hearing at the Family Law Center on Tuesday. Bleimeyer is escorted into a hearing at the Family Law Center on Tuesday.… Continue reading
NeoALLTo Data Supports pCR as End Point in Trials
NeoALLTo Data Supports pCR as End Point in Trials
… of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said the study was important because it provided further evidence that pCR was “a strong surrogate end point,” one that can be used “to develop… Continue reading
Heroin Use, Overdose Deaths on Rise in Texas
Heroin use, overdose deaths on rise in Texas
Dr. Jane Maxwell, a drug abuse researcher at the University of Texas, also says more young people are dying from heroin overdoses. "What worries me is that the traditional treatments that we often use really aren't as appropriate for younger adults… Continue reading
Immunotherapy Innovator Wins 2014 Canada Gairdner International Award
Immunotherapy Innovator Wins 2014 Canada Gairdner International Award
Newswise — HOUSTON – A Canadian institution that annually recognizes seminal medical discoveries selected cancer immunotherapy leader Jim Allison, Ph.D., chair and professor of Immunology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, for one …
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Bio-Path Holdings Reports Fiscal Year 2013 Operational and Financial Results
Bio-Path Holdings Reports Fiscal Year 2013 Operational and Financial Results
The drug's safety profile continues to be favorable with no treatment-related serious adverse events reported and data continues to suggest possible anti-leukemia activity. The trial is being conducted at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer …
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Plano's Baylor Hospital Faces Hard Questions After Claims Against Former …
Plano's Baylor hospital faces hard questions after claims against former …
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano now faces hard questions in court: Did it know Duntsch was not fit to practice, and did it fail to stop him? In addition, that hospital … Duntsch, an engaging and fast-talking son… Continue reading
UTMB Researchers Discover a Way to Potentially Slow Down Alzheimer's
UTMB Researchers Discover a Way to Potentially Slow Down Alzheimer's
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a way to potentially halt the progression of dementia caused by accumulation of a protein known as tau. Normally, tau … No safety concerns were detected in mice… Continue reading
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Product Liability Litigation Report
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Product Liability Litigation Report
C A S E N O T E S Court Allows Responsible Party Designation in Defective Infant Seat Suit A federal court in Texas has granted the defendants' motion to designate the mother of a child allegedly injured in a… Continue reading
Ferrara Receives Gairdner Prize, Canada's Highest Honor in Life Sciences
Ferrara Receives Gairdner Prize, Canada's Highest Honor in Life Sciences
Other 2014 recipients are James P. Allison, PhD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for developing immune system-based cancer therapies; Titia de Lange, PhD, of Rockefeller University for her discovery of the mechanisms protecting …
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Former Anorexic Woman Lauren Lax Alive Because of Strangers' Intervention in …
Former anorexic woman Lauren Lax alive because of strangers' intervention in …
By the time Lax was in the seventh-grade she had to be admitted to a inpatient program, and had to seek treatment again when she was a freshman at the University of Texas. She hit her rock bottom… Continue reading