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Frederick Boop Continues to Unravel Secrets in a Three-Pound Universe

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Boop is on staff at the Semmes Murphey Clinic PC, a professor and chair of neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.


Blame Your Genes For Obesity

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“Lower BDNF levels may contribute to obesity in people with the C allele.  If these findings are supported by additional studies, boosting BDNF levels may prove to be beneficial,” said Joan C Han, from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a former NICHD investigator.


GTXI earnings conference

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… and Dr. Ramesh Narayanan, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Director of the Center of Cancer Drug Discovery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …


Univ. of Tennessee Investing $8 Million in School Security Upgrade

Executive Vice Chancellor Kennard Brown said the school’s security has dramatically improved since he began working there.


Mirror Therapy Needs Time to Work in Severe Phantom Pain

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“Mirror therapy actually does work, and it seems to have a very rapid response,” said Jack Tsao, MD, DPhil, professor of neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.


FOX13 Investigates: Powerful drug that can have damaging effects

My Fox Memphis

Dr. Michael Gelfand is an infectious disease professor at the University of Tennessee.


50 years ago: 1965

The Commercial Appeal

50 years ago: 1965 NASHVILLE — A half million dollars was authorized Thursday by the Governor for construction of a massive center at the University of Tennessee Medical Units in Memphis for treatment of the mentally retarded.


Obesity Predisposing Gene More Common In African Americans and Hispanics

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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joan C. Han, MD, Director, Pediatric Obesity Program, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN