James Beltran

Media relations manager for UT Southwestern Medical Center. Former Associated Press Texas news editor. Sports addict, space buff. Husband, father of 4.

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

Could CRISPR gene editing reduce dog allergies in people? 🐶
UT Southwestern's Dr. Jeff SoRelle gives expert perspective in @AP coverage by @adithi_r1 on this emerging research. Watch the video and read the story:
https://t.co/flULN8XrUP
https://t.co/o5G7C50oBa
@UTSWNews

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Gulf War illness linked to sarin gas released during bombings in Iraq. #UTSW study, 3 decades in the making, gives hope to sick veterans. Watch more from @BBCNews (story by @carolinehawley):
https://t.co/P43AV4Mq03

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

. @ABC @ABCMireya visit #UTSW lab where scientists research omicron “stealth” variant. Story via @ABCWorldNews
https://t.co/iHSyzDvGhj

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

#UTSW expert tells @BBCNews: Astronaut vision issues may be fixed with high-tech sleeping bag that can “unload the brain” from constant fluid pressure. @Rincon_p has story on importance for @NASA Mars mission: https://t.co/RfOG78M7dv

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

For years @NASA has been seeking solutions to one of the biggest health dilemmas of a manned Mars mission: astronauts’ deteriorating vision in zero gravity.

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

Cancer survivor who helped #UTSW study astronaut vision problems tells @CNN that floating in zero gravity “was awesome. It was like swimming.” @CNNAshley has story on how volunteers helped @NASA address major health dilemma of space exploration: https://t.co/Mxo7ukP02u

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

Retired astronaut Scott Kelly says shrinking heart in space hasn’t affected health (via @NYTimes story based on #UTSW @NASA research): https://t.co/9oX8CWPKB5

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How human heart adapts to space: #UTSW helps @NASA effort to understand health effects of zero gravity (@CNN @CNNAshley): https://t.co/gbYv2441WM

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Texas mom pregnant with quadruplets has deadly brain tumor removed at UT Southwestern (video via @GMA): https://t.co/nhrBZHpJ99

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

Could Carl Sagan have been right about Venus atmosphere harboring life? Astronomers "excited" yet "cautious" about new findings

[The Associated Press @AP]

Astronomers say they have found a chemical signature of phosphine, a gas associated with life, in Venus's clouds. On Earth, phosphine is found at the bottom of ponds, in badger guts and in penguin guano. https://t.co/1iKcv4ka63

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

#UTSW doctor braces for next outbreak of polio-like disease amid COVID pandemic (via @ABC @Nightline): https://t.co/ePcNyTCmob

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#UTSW expert speaks with @ABC @Nightline about polio-like disease affecting kids

[Nightline @Nightline]

AFM PANDEMIC PSA: Dr. Benjamin Greenberg is a neurologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - a national expert on the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Tonight on @Nightline , sitting down with @DrJAshton on how the Covid-19 pandemic impacts AFM.

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Case study by UT Southwestern highlights risk of infants contracting COVID-19 in womb (via @usatoday @adriannausat #UTSW)

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Twenty-four hours after Alexa was born, the mom tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/5CvO7uBU21

[James Beltran @jkbeltran]

Great @AP story/video highlighting COVID patient's inspiring recovery at UT Southwestern #UTSW

[The Associated Press @AP]

In the pandemic’s early days, frantic doctors who faced the first onslaught of cases reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark. #RacingforaRemedy https://t.co/ZWyVE7fN4e

[AP Health & Science @APHealthScience]

What does a quake on Mars sound like? A NASA lander has captured the rumbles and other otherworldly sounds. https://t.co/4tobU5mVWK

[UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute @UTSWBrain]

#UTSW study on Alzheimer’s via @CNN @CNNhealth : https://t.co/io6OeTtX8M