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A new study that included hundreds of San Antonio Hispanics found that that a person's genes play a strong role in how the immune system responds to 13 common infections.
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A National Institutes of Health (NIH) oversight team has found that the 14 chimpanzees transferred from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) in New Mexico to Texas Biomed’s primate center in 2010 are “in excellent condition and receiving appropriate husbandry and veterinary medical care.”
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The family of Thomas Baker Slick Jr., founder of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute and other science organizations in San Antonio, has donated his papers to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Libraries Special Collections. The transfer was scheduled for August 12, 2011.
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Mayor Julián Castro and Lew Moorman, President, Cloud and Chief Strategy Officer at Rackspace Hosting, have been elected to the Texas Biomedical Research Institute board of trustees.
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A surprising finding in a study comparing hepatitis C virus (HCV) with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections in chimpanzees by a team that includes scientists from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute sheds new light on the nature of the body’s immune response to these viruses.
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A research team that includes scientists from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute reported today that inadequate nutrition during pregnancy predisposes offspring to becoming prediabetic before adolescence. Diabetes is an epidemic worldwide and a major health concern in San Antonio.
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Robert Davey, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB ) in Galveston, has been appointed to the position of scientist in the Department of Virology and Immunology at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
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Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D., chair of the department of genetics at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, has been designated a ‘Health Care Hero’ by the San Antonio Business Journal. The annual award honors leaders in the city’s health care and biomedical fields. All 21 awardees will be recognized at a reception tonight at the McNay Art Museum.
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $5.4 million to a collaborative team of scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Emory University, and Georgia Institute of Technology to develop vaccines for prevention of deadly hemorrhagic fevers.
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The Texas Biomedical Research Institute has selected Lake Flato Architects of San Antonio and FKP Architects of Houston to design new facilities that will add 70,000 square feet of new construction, including 30,000 square feet of laboratory space.
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