Talk:Texas/Archive 2

message: I am changing the text stating that Texas operated as an independent country for nine years to say 10 years.  The reason is that Texas became independent in 1836, and the treaty between the U.S. and the Republic of Texas agreeing on annexing/merging the countries was signed in 1845... which is nine years... but the actual transfer of power took place in 1846, not in 1845, which means that it operated as a Republic for 10 years, not nine.
--WisTex 07:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Texas a Republic for 10 Years, Not Nine.

message: In the section on "health care", someone deleted info about the other large health care centers in Texas. 
The entire section is now only about Houston's Texas Medical Center. If that is so, then it doesnt belong here in this article, and should be on the Houston page.
Texas is not just Houston. The medical centers in Dallas in fact have more famous researchers than the one in Hosuton.
Im adding the deleted info back in.--Zereshk 08:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Southwestern Medical Center is not a medical center—it is a medical school of the UT System. I searched Google for "Southwestern Medical Center" and "South Texas Medical Center" and could not find any website that denote their official existence as a "medical center." Just because there is a medical school in a city does not make it a "medical center." There is NO such thing as a "Southwestern Medical Center"—there could be a "South Texas Medical Center," but I have yet to find an official website for one or any other website that would support the existence of a "South Texas Medical Center." In Texas, there is only one official "medical center"—Texas Medical Center—located in Houston. The Texas Medical Center is an official entity and there is an official website for it. TMC has many hospital/healthcare institutions and medical schools all doing extensive research and developments. Enlighten me by giving a few sources stating that the "South Texas Medical Center" and "Southwest Medical Center" exist and recognized as a "medical center." RJN 09:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just performed another search—this time on the Online Handbook of Texas and yet failed to find anything on "South Texas Medical Center" and "Southwestern Medical Center." I did find an article on the Texas Medical Center though—there is only one official and recognized "medical center" in Texas and that is the one located in Houston. There isn't an article on "Southwestern Medical Center" and "South Texas Medical Center" because they do not exist. RJN 09:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Southwestern Medical Center is a school but it is affiliated with Parkland Memorial Hospital and I believe Zale Lipshy or St. Paul. They have an extensive clinic system that is associated with the hospitals and there is major research going on all the time. It is not a hospital per se, but is an extensive medical school/clinic/research facility. Maltmomma (chat) 15:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Medical school and medical center are not mutually exclusive.  — Laura Scudder ☎ 16:28, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Hmm...if the section is supposed to talk about medical research, I wonder why UTMB doens't make an appearance.  It has the only non-governmental Biosafety Level 4 labs in the country.  — Laura Scudder ☎ 16:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's also enormously important in terms of its indigent care. I'd think UTMB should be listed in any thumbnail of Texas' "health care crown jewels." · Katefan0(scribble)/mrp 17:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't forget Temple either.  I know it's not to well known, but Scott and White is listed as one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation, and even better in cardiac and other feilds.  A&M school of medicine and one of Texas' few remaining VA hospitals.  Joe I 21:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't believe this section should be just about medical research.  Since the article is about Texas, this section should cover the major health institutions in the state, at least by mention.  Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has a large amount of influence in the North Texas area, as well as distinctive for being where both President John F. Kennedy and his purported assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died. Wesmills 01:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was merely pointing out that it currently isn't living up to the second half of it's title Healthcare and medical research not saying that it should focus only on research by any means.  — Laura Scudder ☎ 01:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Healthcare and medical research

message: Despite UT professor Jonathan Sessler lobbying for texaphyrin, the buckyball was selected. Johntex\talk 04:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Source for state molecule

message: Someone please verify the statement "The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), in Galveston, also contains the only non-governmental Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in the United State" in the Healthcare and medical research section of the article.
I have a source saying that the only such center is located at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, not UTMB: see 3rd paragraph from bottom
Thanx.--Zereshk 19:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears you are correct, in that this is incorrect.  SBFR's page (and subsequent link at ) say "When the lab 'went hot' in March 2000, it became the only operational BSL-4 lab owned by a private institution."  UTMB's page mentions nothing about being the only private BSL4 lab.  A press release by the company that built it, Bioscrypt, says "The new BSL4 Laboratory is the first full-sized maximum containment facility on a U.S. university campus." ()  Also, UTMB's lab began construction in 2004, five years after SBFR's did. Wesmills 09:36, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Verification requested