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State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Established

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Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have formed the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI) to address health inequities in the Southern United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the American South represented the largest population growth by region in 2017. Comprised of 17 states stretching from Texas, Oklahoma,… Read More


St. Baldrick’s Foundation Grants Awarded to St. Jude, UTHSC Researchers

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The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding childhood cancer research, has awarded more than $650,000 in new grants to support researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Based in Los Angeles, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is one of the nation’s largest private funder of… Read More


UTHSC Researcher Receives Department of Defense Grant

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s division of epidemiology chief, Jay Fowke, has been awarded an $843,694 grant from the Department of Defense for his research on the link between racial disparities and prostate cancer.


Burger and steak lovers, heads up! A new study says that tick bites could make you allergic to red meat.

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Dr. Debendra Pattanaik, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, headed up the study. He says a bite from the Lone Star Tick can cause people to become more sensitive to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal.


Dr. Scott Strome fights cancer. Now he is moving to Memphis.

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Dr. Scott E. Strome is the new executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center…A Harvard-trained physician and cancer researcher who co-founded the Baltimore biomedical startup Gliknik Inc., Strome arrives in Memphis at a peculiar time in the history of American medicine.


Study Showing Link Between Blood Pressure and Dementia

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Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Memphis Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center were part of the SPRINT MIND (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Memory and Cognition IN Decreased Hypertension) multisite clinical trial, which recently released data showing aggressively lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and… Read More


Better Prevention and Treatment of Tick-borne Diseases Needed

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The incidence of tick-borne disease in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate, officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases say. They call on public health and biomedical researchers to double down on efforts to better understand the pathogenesis of tick-borne illnesses and to develop improved strategies for prevention and… Read More


Big slice of red meat allergies tied to tick bites

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Deer ticks are scary enough. Now, scientists have linked bites from the lone star tick to about one-third of all potentially life-threatening allergic reactions around Tennessee. A lone star tick bite can cause a severe immune system response to red meat — such as beef, pork and lamb — said study lead author Dr. Debendra… Read More