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UTHSC COVID-19 testing lab a key factor in fight against virus

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The lab operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, processing about 800 tests a day.The lab’s turnaround time has been key to fighting the virus with many results returned in less than 12 hours. “I think we’ve played an absolute essential role in the city, particularly filling gaps within the community of people… Read More


Health care heroes in unprecedented times

The Memphis Business Journal

Meet Health Care Hero Dr. Scott Strome of UTHSC. Strome has proved to be a leader during COVID as he led the efforts to set up the Tiger Lane testing site. He also directed UTHSC to produce a training video that established the protocols for testing.


 Provectus Biopharmaceuticals Establishes Research Collaboration with University of Tennessee Health Science Center to Investigate Small Molecule Rose Bengal Disodium for Antibiotic Resistance

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Provectus (OTCQB: PVCT) today announced that the Company has initiated a new sponsored research program with Michio Kurosu, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, Tennessee to investigate rose bengal disodium (RBD) targeting of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. RBD is… Read More


An Immune Protein Could Prevent Severe COVID-19—if It Is Given at the Right Time

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The antiviral interferon might help early but exacerbate disease in later stages. “The interferon response is a little bit tricky,” says Rudragouda Channappanavar, a viral immunologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who was not involved with the new studies. The response protects the body from infections by thwarting viral replication. “The body… Read More


Nimble UTHSC team sidestepped hurdles to set up COVID-19 testing lab

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All day, couriers from the Veteran’s Hospital, Regional One, Methodist and the medical examiner’s office bring small coolers of specimens to what last winter was a glorified broom closet on the fifth floor at 930 Madison Ave.  


Researchers awarded $2 million grant to study the immune system and triple negative breast cancer

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Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Obesity at UTHSC, have received $2.1 million from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine how the microbiome impacts the immune system… Read More


Live at 9: UTHSC aids students during pandemic

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Dr. Wendy Likes talks about how the College of Nursing has helped students during the pandemic.    


Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer is ‘eye-opening,’ doctors say

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Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer shocked the world, and it has many people checking up on their own health. Boseman died at the young age of 43 from cancer that doctors normally recommend getting checked for at the age of 50.