Study identifies protein regulator of tau linked to Alzheimer’s disease

October 19, 2026

  The accumulation and tangling of tau proteins is a well-known feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Less understood is how different forms of tau are regulated and what happens to that balance as the brain ages and neurodegenerative disease develops. A study from The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Health Science Center published in July […]

San Antonio Express-News: Long’s greatest legacy: A better future is ours to build

October 17, 2026

Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, senior executive vice president for health affairs and health system at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and interim dean of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, penned a remembrance of the Longs in an op-ed that appeared in both the San Antonio Express-News.   Read […]

Commentary: The Longs’ greatest legacy is a lesson for us all

October 16, 2026

By Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD There are people whose generosity changes institutions. And there are those whose generosity changes lives, families and entire communities for generations. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long did both. With Joe’s passing, we have lost not only one of Texas’ most extraordinary philanthropists, but a man whose life reflected a […]