Texas

===Medical research===
[[File:Texas medical center sundown.jpg|thumb|The [[Texas Medical Center]] in Houston]]
Texas has many elite research medical centers. The state has 15 [[List of colleges and universities in Texas#Health science|medical schools]],<ref name="MedicalSchools">{{cite web |title=Texas Medical Schools and Hospitals |publisher=Texas Medical Association |date=August 3, 2006 |url=http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=86 |access-date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> four dental schools,<ref name="dentalschool">{{cite news |url=http://www.dentist.net/dentalschools.asp |title=Dental Schools in the United States |access-date=October 31, 2008 |newspaper=Dentist.net|last1=Net |first1=Dentist }}</ref> and two [[optometry]] schools.<ref name="optometry">{{cite web |url=http://www.aoa.org/x12702.xml |title=Accreditation Council on Optometric Education |access-date=December 26, 2011 |publisher=American Optometric Association |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105005827/http://www.aoa.org/x12702.xml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Texas has two [[Biosafety Level 4]] (BSL-4) laboratories: one at [[The University of Texas Medical Branch]] (UTMB) in Galveston,<ref name="biosafety4">{{cite web|url=http://www.bioscrypt.com/news/press/item-728/ |date=October 14, 2004 |title=University Selects Bioscrypt for Biosafety Level 4 Lab |publisher=Bioscrypt |access-date=April 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117074008/http://www.bioscrypt.com/news/press/item-728/ |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the other at the [[Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research]] in San Antonio—the first privately owned BSL-4 lab in the United States.<ref name="biosafety4_2">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbr.org/pages/about_resources2.php |title=Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) Laboratory |publisher=Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research |access-date=April 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629233704/http://www.sfbr.org/pages/about_resources2.php |archive-date=June 29, 2007 }}</ref>

The [[Texas Medical Center]] in Houston holds the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions, with over 50 member institutions.<ref name="TexasMC">{{cite web |title=About the Texas Medical Center |publisher=The Texas Medical Center |access-date=April 11, 2009 |url=http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/GetToKnow/AboutTMC/About+the+TMC.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810221035/http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/GetToKnow/AboutTMC/About+the+TMC.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref> Texas Medical Center performs the most heart transplants in the world.<ref name="HeartTransplants">{{cite web |title=Background Statistics > People and Politics (most recent) by state |publisher=State Master |date=May 8, 2008 |url=http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_bac-background-people-and-politics |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-date=May 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503125428/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/bac_bac-background-people-and-politics |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center]] in Houston is a highly regarded academic institution that centers around cancer patient care, research, education and prevention.<ref name="MDAnderson">{{cite web |title=About MD Anderson |publisher=[[The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center]] |url=http://www.mdanderson.org/about_mda/ |access-date=April 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424201445/http://www.mdanderson.org/about_mda/ |archive-date=April 24, 2008 }}</ref>

San Antonio's [[South Texas Medical Center]] facilities rank sixth in clinical medicine research impact in the United States.<ref name="UTSAFactsheet">{{cite web |date=April 3, 2007 |title=Health Science Center ranks sixth in clinical medicine |edition=7 |volume=XL |publisher=University of Texas Health Science Center |url=http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2353 |access-date=April 28, 2008 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309051019/http://uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2353 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[UTHSCSA|University of Texas Health Science Center]] is another highly ranked research and educational institution in San Antonio.<ref name="DentalSchool">{{cite web |title=International report gives Dental School high marks |work=HSC NEWS |access-date=May 15, 2008 |url=http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=1742 |archive-date=December 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227030845/http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=1742 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Tmedicialcenter2">{{cite web |title=Medical center's research ranks high |work=San Antonio Express-News |access-date=May 15, 2008 |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA040407_medical_center_EN_2dc65c3e_html751.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208194147/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA040407_medical_center_EN_2dc65c3e_html751.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref>

Both the [[American Heart Association]] and the [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]] call Dallas home.<ref name="UTSWAboutUs">{{cite web|title=About UT Southwestern |publisher=University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |url=http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/home/about/index.html |access-date=April 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509062317/http://utsouthwestern.edu/home/about/index.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> The [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical School|institution's medical school]] employs the most medical school [[Nobel laureates]] in the world.<ref name="UTSWAboutUs" /><ref name="UTSWFactsheet">{{cite web|title=UT Southwestern Fact Sheet |publisher=University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |year=2008 |url=http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/vgn/images/portal/cit_56417/43/32/2800592006_Fact_Sheet.pdf |access-date=April 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413194108/http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/vgn/images/portal/cit_56417/43/32/2800592006_Fact_Sheet.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2008}}</ref>

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