Publisher: The Commercial Appeal

UTHSC gets grant for breast cancer research

Briana Henderson, a radiology technologist now furthering her studies at Methodist University Hospital (part of UT Health Sciences), is approaching age 30. She said she does not want the things her younger self thought she would want at this age – marriage, children, a home. “I realize now that my plan was crazy!,” she said.… Read More

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center could get state money for a new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building.

A new mobile clinic will help University of Tennessee Health Science Center nurses bring cancer screenings to underserved neighborhoods in Shelby County.

Biomedical researchers Frank Park, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Andrew Wilber, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, have been awarded the ninth annual Orphan Dream Award for their groundbreaking work advancing MiNiRoLu, a next-generation gene therapy designed to treat Sickle Cell… Read More

What does your heart actually experience when you watch live sports?

The Medical District’s skyline is changing.

For too long, local economic development has operated under the assumption that communities must compete with one another to attract employers, secure investment, and grow jobs.