Could a nasal spray of “nanovesicles” repair brain cells?
An inexpensive, accessible and non-invasive therapy for diseases and injuries of the brain may be slowly emerging: tiny particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs). Unlike stem cell therapies for...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine to host leading epigeneticist
This fall, the Texas A&M College of Medicine will be hosting Andrew Feinberg, MD, MPH, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, as a fellow in the Hagler Institute for...
View ArticleIron compound can make your drinking water safer
A research group led by Virender K. Sharma, PhD, MTech, MSc, professor at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, has developed a technique to improve the safety of drinking water....
View ArticleUsing caffeine to ward off disease
About 65 percent of American adults drink coffee daily. Coffee can give a person a boost of energy in the morning, and some studies show that coffee may have the potential to improve a person’s health...
View ArticleWhy some Americans are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Recent polls suggest that a significant percentage of Americans are reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The results of these polls have stimulated new questions, such as, “Who is most likely to...
View ArticleTexas A&M System subcontractor begins production of two COVID-19 vaccine...
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, and the Texas A&M University System Center for Innovation in Advanced Development & Manufacturing (CIADM) announced Monday that production has begun in Texas...
View ArticleHow does long-term spaceflight affect vision?
When astronauts spend at least a month in space, a significant fraction of them (about 60 percent) experience negative changes to their bodies due to the effect of microgravity and possibly other...
View ArticleFilling a void in special-needs dental care
With a special-needs daughter who had slipped into a “dental desert,” a frustrated mom pleaded with Dan Burch, DDS, MA, clinical assistant professor in pediatric dentistry at the Texas A&M...
View ArticleMeet the new head of COVID-19 efforts at Texas A&M
In May 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was gaining steam in the United States, Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH, took his position as dean of the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. At the...
View ArticleUrban Americans more likely to follow COVID-19 prevention behaviors than...
Timothy Callaghan, PhD, and Alva Ferdinand, DrPH, JD, from the Southwest Rural Health Research Center at Texas A&M University School of Public Health, joined colleagues in the first national study...
View ArticleSmoking cessation drug may treat Parkinson’s in women
There are approximately 10 million people worldwide living with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to a variety of movement-related symptoms—difficulty in walking, tremors,...
View ArticleBehind the pandemic, an epidemic worsens
Drug overdoses have increased drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provisional data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Health Statistics...
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Could a common diabetes drug slow down aging?
Metformin is a commonly used drug for treating patients with type 2 diabetes. Extensive research has shown that metformin can also be used as an anti-aging therapy. For this reason, many people without...
View ArticleSuicide rates are on the rise among older white men in rural areas
Suicide is a major health concern in the United States. Yet, compared to younger adults and women, men are at a potentially greater risk for death by suicide. This could be due to delaying mental...
View ArticleTexas A&M taking part in new study to determine if vaccinated people can...
A new study involving thousands of college students across the United States aims to determine whether young adults who have received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can still spread the coronavirus to...
View ArticleStudy finds relationship between stranded motorist injuries, deaths and risk...
When a victim of a traffic accident is brought to an emergency department, the details surrounding their injuries are documented from the perspective of treatment, but details of how the injury...
View ArticleAdults with cognitive impairment who use pain medication have higher falls risk
Older adults with cognitive impairment are two to three times more likely to fall compared with those without cognitive impairment. What’s more, the increasing use of pain medications for chronic pain...
View ArticleTexas A&M launches national vaccine study
When the average Texas A&M University student becomes infected with COVID-19, he or she often reports symptoms that are mistaken for allergies, fatigue or overwork—if they even feel sick at all....
View ArticleResearchers use real-world data to investigate impact of race, ethnicity in...
Randomized clinical trials are used in medical research to help determine the effectiveness of new treatments. Although these trials are rigorously designed, they often include an underrepresentation...
View ArticleNew web tool to fight antibacterial resistance
In 1943, two scientists named Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria conducted an experiment to show that bacteria can mutate randomly, independent of external stimulus, such as an antibiotic that threatens a...
View ArticleSupporting the shift toward value-based health care
The United States spends roughly $3.6 trillion on health care each year, equivalent to nearly 18 percent of the gross domestic product. However, the United States does no better in population health...
View ArticleTraining future leaders in cancer therapeutics R&D
New cancer research discoveries make headlines almost weekly, telling a promising future in the realm of cancer care. But translating these basic research discoveries into therapies for patients is a...
View ArticleRacial disparities in prostate cancer explained at genomic level
It’s been well documented that African American men are more likely to be diagnosed and ultimately die from prostate cancer. Although the cause of this disparity is often attributed to cultural and...
View ArticleProtecting against falls in the bedroom, bathroom
More than 36 million older adults fall each year, with an estimated 8 million resulting in injuries ranging from minor bruising to more serious hip fractures, broken bones and head injuries. In Texas,...
View ArticleNew kind of health care center opens in Bryan
Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) today celebrated the opening of the Texas A&M Health Hub in Bryan, Texas. The first of its kind in the Brazos Valley, the...
View ArticleNursing awarded $3 million to support first-time moms, infants
Empowering vulnerable first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies is at the heart of Nurse-Family Partnership®, a nationwide community health...
View ArticleNew, easy-to-use drug could prevent the next global pandemic
There’s a new drug in development that could prevent the next global pandemic. Researchers at Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) and University of Texas MD Anderson...
View ArticleWhy does the COVID-19 virus ‘escape’ from our immune system?
The immune system is a complex network of cells and proteins that is designed to fight off infection and disease, especially those like the coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, that can cause numerous issues in...
View ArticleQuality sleep reduces dementia risk, dental researchers find
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas and the Center for BrainHealth, recently investigated the possible link between sleep apnea and...
View ArticleDentistry professor uncovers 1,300-year-old murder case
“It’s a case of homicide, that’s for sure,” said Qian Wang, PhD, professor in biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, of a crime he recently helped solve. However,...
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Oral appliances can improve sleep apnea
The fallout from sleep apnea was severely affecting Jim Elliott’s life, but 10 years on a bulky CPAP breathing device wasn’t the answer. Instead, a simple plastic dental appliance has changed his life....
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Always ready to lend a hand
For twin sisters Michelle and Vicky Le, when it comes to Texas A&M University’s Core Values, there is one that resonates with them more than any other: Selfless Service. The Texas A&M freshmen...
View ArticleCollege students may be less likely to contract COVID-19 than young adults...
College athletes and non-athlete college students may be less likely to contract COVID-19 than young adults in the general public, according to a new JAMA Open Network commentary co-authored by Texas...
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Texas A&M Health trains hundreds of students in mass disaster scenario
Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) on Feb. 25, 2022 held its 14th annual Disaster Day, a student-led disaster simulation drill that engages hundreds of students from...
View ArticleIntroducing organs-on-chips to the lymph system
Currently, there is little research focused on understanding mechanisms and drug discovery of lymphatic vascular diseases. However, conditions such as lymphedema, a buildup of fluid in the body when...
View ArticleFirst-year medical student achieves childhood dream
First-year Texas A&M University College of Medicine student Skyler Child was about to finish middle school when he knew he wanted to be a doctor. His eighth-grade class was taking a group photo to...
View ArticleFood and Drug Administration awards $1 million to Texas A&M College of...
Researchers from the Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) have been awarded $1 million from the United States Food...
View ArticleScientists uncover a key factor in human brain development
Scientists at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine have made a breakthrough discovery about the development of the brain. This new information contributes to our understanding of how the...
View ArticleTexas A&M Ergo Center, Nokia team up to improve remote worker ergonomics
The Texas A&M University Ergo Center has teamed up with Nokia to provide its United States-based remote workers with online ergonomics training for one year. “Given the rapid rise of remote office...
View ArticleWashington County Jail wins Detention Facility Innovation Award
The Washington County Jail (WCJ) was recently named the winner of the Detention Facility Innovation Award by The National Institute for Jail Operations, which presents this award to detention...
View ArticleShift work increases the severity of strokes later in life
As most Americans wind down for bed, 15 million people are just clocking into work. These hospital workers, emergency responders, factory operators and others are among the 20 percent of the world’s...
View ArticleAward-winning Texas A&M Health clinic in Navasota expands services
Texas A&M Health is expanding its award-winning Family Care clinic in Navasota, Texas, to provide more health care options for families in the area. A community open house was held Saturday, Jan....
View ArticleSingle-dose nasal spray could soon treat traumatic brain injury
Researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine are working to combat the severe outcomes of traumatic brain injury, also called TBI, with a non-invasive therapeutic they believe could...
View ArticleTexas A&M Health prepares next generation of emergency medical responders
As the world has seen an increase in mass disasters—from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria to man-made disasters such as the train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio—having health care...
View ArticleSchool of Pharmacy receives nearly $3 million to advance 3D printed pediatric...
Researchers from the Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy have been awarded a five-year, $2.82 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to utilize 3D printing...
View ArticleUniversity Health Services: Holistic health care supports students’ physical...
With the start of the new school year comes the beginning of a new era for on-campus student health services at Texas A&M University. University Health Services takes an integrated approach to...
View ArticleOpening of TMC3 Collaborative Building marks launch of Helix Park, a 37-acre...
Texas Medical Center (TMC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health), and The University of Texas Health Science Center...
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Year in review: Highlights of 2023 at Texas A&M Health
Award-winning Texas A&M Health clinic in Navasota expands to a Health Hub The Texas A&M Health Family Care clinic in Navasota expanded to become a Health Hub in January to provide more health...
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Texas A&M Health trains 700 students in mass disaster response scenario
More than 700 future health care professionals participated today in the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) annual Disaster Day emergency response simulation...
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Graduate genetics researcher named among 60 Tillman Scholars for 2024
Immigrant. United States Navy veteran. Genetics researcher. These are titles that Sarah Ingram, a PhD candidate at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine, can use for herself. Now, among...
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