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UTMB earns spot on best hospitals list

July 3, 2020 • 2:37 p.m.

Galveston, Texas – The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has been named to the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list. Specifically, UTMB ranked in the top 15 nationwide among major teaching hospitals on the list. IBM Watson Health recognizes hospitals of all sizes in five different categories – major teaching hospitals, large community hospitals, medium community hospitals and smaller community hospitals.

Estrogen and testosterone therapies may decrease severity of COVID-19

June 9, 2020 • 9:00 a.m.

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston explored the effects of estrogen and testosterone and their possible therapeutic effects in treating older patients with COVID-19. The findings are now available in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

UTMB part of NIH-funded study of how COVID-19 pandemic may impact pregnancy outcomes

June 1, 2020 • 10:46 a.m.

A team of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, led by Dr. George Saade, are active partners in the National Institutes of Health’s newly launched study to learn more about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy and post-partum care.

Vaccine Smarts-Polio vaccine could help us knock out COVID-19

May 27, 2020 • 3:41 p.m.

A large number of vaccine clinical trials are underway in the battle against COVID-19. According to Megan Berman and Richard Rupp there is a study testing if oral polio vaccine may be able to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Finding a cure: Texas research lab confirms drug blocks coronavirus in human cells

May 19, 2020 • 10:08 a.m. Source: May 19, 2020 - KTXA CBS Dallas

UTMB’s Galveston National Laboratory was one of three labs to confirm a therapeutics company’s drugs were able to neutralize the pandemic coronavirus. “Our lab tested a panel of antibodies against a real SARS-CoV-2 in biocontainment. We were pleased to see very good neutralizing activity for some antibodies,” said UTMB’s Alex Bukreyev.

Single-use masks can be disinfected, reused according to latest UTMB research

May 11, 2020 • 10:58 a.m.

Personal protective equipment, and in particular masks, have been a topic of much concern for front-line health care workers and first responders dealing with spread of the new coronavirus. The global spread of the disease has strained supplies and disrupted supply chain, making the needed masks harder to come by.

Sealy & Smith Smith Foundation Gives $3.35M to UTMB for COVID-19 Research

April 29, 2020 • 11:47 a.m.

The Sealy & Smith Foundation of Galveston has awarded a $3.35 million gift to the University of Texas Medical Branch to support research focused on a portfolio of studies to develop medical countermeasures to fight the COVID-19 virus.

University of Texas Medical Branch has developed new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses

April 6, 2020 • 10:23 a.m.

A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston working to combat the COVID-19 virus has a system that will unlock researchers’ ability to more quickly develop and evaluate developing vaccines, diagnose infected patients and explore whether or how the virus has evolved.

University of Texas Medical Branch developing tool to streamline COVID-19 vaccine development

March 25, 2020 • 2:30 p.m.

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch are collaborating with the clinical trial laboratory services organization Q2 Solutions to make a new assay test available that will streamline the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Sealy & Smith Foundation Awards $1.4M for Community Health Care

February 20, 2020 • 11:24 a.m.

The Sealy & Smith Foundation recently awarded $1.45 million in funding to the University of Texas Medical Branch to improve health care access and services to the medically underserved citizens of Galveston. A significant portion of the funding will be used to install UTMB’s Epic Electronic Medical Record at both the St. Vincent’s House community health clinic and at all five Teen Health school-based clinics on the island.

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