UTMB team takes major step toward bioengineered lungs
Galveston County Daily NewsAugust 1, 2018
o Galveston-based researchers are a step closer to a procedure that could eventually help people in need of life-saving lung transpl... more »
Grow-your-own organs could be here within five years, as scientists prove they work in pigs
Telegraph August 1, 2018
o Grow-your-own organs could be available for desperately ill patients within five years, after scientists successfully transplanted... more »
Researchers Successfully Put Bioengineered Lungs Into Pigs
Discover MagazineAugust 1, 2018
o We’re still a ways off from that organ utopia, but we’re at least a little closer to bioengineered lungs becoming a re... more »
New hope for transplant patients: Scientists successfully created a new lung for a pig using the animal's OWN cells-cutting the risk of organ rejection
Daily MailAugust 1, 2018
o University of Texas Medical Center at Galveston scientists used new method to ensure perfectly matched bioengineered pig lungs cou... more »
Scientists, using new method, coax bioengineered lungs to survive for prolonged period in pigs
STATAugust 1, 2018
o The life of the pig and its lung was published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine. The organ did not exchange oxygen like... more »
Bioengineers are closer than ever to lab-grown lungs
WiredAugust 1, 2018
o The lungs in Joan Nichols' lab have been keeping her up at night. Like children, they're delicate, developing, and in constant nee... more »
Medical Discovery News: New drug shrinks fat without affecting appetite
Abilene Reporter NewsJuly 30, 2018
Abilene Reporter News, July 30, 2018
This week David Niesel and Norbert Herzog discuss research being conducted to develop a new type of drug that... more »
7 reasons you should never drink out of plastic water bottles
MSN Health & FitnessJuly 29, 2018
MSN Health & Fitness, July 29, 2018
This report cites research conducted by UTMB’s Cheryl Watson as a reason why drinking water out... more »
Former LaPorte chief to lead UTMB police department
Galveston County Daily NewsJuly 27, 2018
The Galveston County Daily News, July 27, 2018
Kenith Adcox will be UTMB’s next police chief beginning Aug. 13. Adcox has more than 30... more »
UTMB earns Baby-Friendly status
TMC NewsJuly 27, 2018
TMC News, July 27, 2018
UTMB has been designated a Baby-Friendly birth facility from Baby Friendly USA, one of 529 such facilities in the... more »