UTHSC In the Media


Tiger Jacob Likes: ‘I am a creation of every member of my family’

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Jacob Likes remembers watching football with his father every weekend growing up. He reminisced on how they’d play the NCAA 2004 Football video game and throw the ball around in the backyard. Now, Likes is the one people watch play football. Likes also refers to himself as a nerd, and that is credited to his… Read More


Children With Sickle Cell Disease Appear to Suffer Eye Complications at Same Rate as Adults

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To learn more about how this condition manifests in children, researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center conducted a large, retrospective review at their institution. What they found surprised them. One in three children had retinopathy, of which 9 percent required treatment, suggesting children need to be screened for vision problems as often… Read More


34 hospitals and health systems with great simulation and education programs | 2023

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Becker’s is proud to name 34 hospitals and health systems with great simulation and education programs, which provide students and professionals with the opportunity to develop necessary skills in realistic yet controlled environments.


UTHSC College of Health Professions receives $3.25 million grant

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The College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is celebrating a significant milestone as it secures its largest grant to date. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded UTHSC a grant totaling approximately $3.25 million to support a new Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). This groundbreaking five-year… Read More


Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have pinpointed in DNA the gene therapy for safe cures of infants with SCID-X1

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“We now have a robust pipeline to monitor the safety of lentiviral gene therapies,” said senior co-corresponding author Jiyang Yu, PhD, St. Jude Department of Computational Biology interim chair. “This really gives hope to patients with genetic diseases that can be cured by lentiviral gene therapy. It looks like we cured bubble boy disease safely… Read More


For this UTHSC researcher, effective stroke treatment is personal

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A family history of strokes and the devastating toll exacted on his loved ones led Memphis professor and researcher Jianxiong Jiang to embark on a study to better understand one of the leading causes of death among adults. Jiang, associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at… Read More


New option approved for erosive esophagitis

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“For many GERD patients with erosive esophagitis, the response to current treatment is suboptimal, leaving them with incomplete healing and ongoing symptoms,” Colin Howden, MD, of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, said in a statement. “The FDA approval of Voquezna (vonoprazan) provides healthcare providers with a new first-in-class therapeutic option that… Read More


Understanding a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis and the Role of Biomarker Testing

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Dr. Gregory Vidal, director of clinical research at West Cancer Center and Research Institute in Memphis, chair of the breast oncology program at One Oncology and associate professor at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, explained the characteristics of this disease, among other factors, during a session of CURE® Educated Patient® Updates in… Read More