Twenty-five years ago, Jianfeng Xiao, MD, PhD, was a postdoctoral researcher in Bonn, Germany, when an unexpected phone call changed the direction of his career. A neurologist at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Memphis had read one of Dr. Xiao’s papers and wanted to talk to him about a very unusual rat. “He… Read More
By the time a child’s blood sugar begins to rise, the story of Type 2 diabetes may have been unfolding for years. Insulin resistance is already underway. Inflammation has taken hold. The body is struggling to keep blood sugar in check. But what if there was a warning sign even earlier, before any of that… Read More
Arsenic trioxide presents an interesting medical paradox: It is a highly toxic chemical that can cause serious harm to the brain, yet it is also an essential medicine used to treat a rare form of blood cancer. When used in hospitals to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, arsenic trioxide can be lifesaving. Outside medical treatment, however,… Read More
When Michio Kurosu, PhD, returned to Memphis after completing his Fulbright appointment in Egypt, he brought home more than memories of a year abroad. As the first U.S. Fulbright Scholar to reside in Sinai, Egypt, where he served his appointment at King Salman International University (KSIU) on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, he helped strengthen a developing… Read More
The National Cancer Institute has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Sciences a $2.65 million K12 grant to launch a Career Development Program in Clinical Oncology, a five-year initiative that will train early-career physicians to become independent clinical cancer researchers. It is the first K12 training grant ever awarded to a UT System institution, built… Read More
Every day, we breathe in spores of Aspergillus fumigatus without a second thought. The mold is everywhere — in soil, in compost, in the air of nearly every room we enter. For most people, the immune system clears it out before it ever becomes a problem. But for someone with a weakened immune system, those… Read More
For 47 years, the Medical Student Research Fellowship (MSRF) program has provided competitively selected UT Health Sciences medical students the opportunity to conduct individualized research under the mentorship of College of Medicine faculty in both basic science and clinical science departments over the summer. The program served as an introduction to biomedical research and careers… Read More
When Kondapa Naidu Bobba, PhD, walked into the Tennessee Statewide Cancer Collaborative Scientific Meeting led by the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Nashville last year, he didn’t know the conversations he’d have there would help reshape the direction of his research and ultimately help secure a $225,000 award to fight prostate cancer. Dr. Bobba,… Read More
