Gastrointestinal cancer rising sharply in younger adults
December 4, 2025
UT Health San Antonio’s advanced endoscopy team leads efforts in early detection and prevention Gastrointestinal cancers were previously believed to primarily affect older adults, but over the past two decades, rates of these cancers have increased dra …
Connecting with patients, supporting research at new Center for Brain Health
December 4, 2025
By Erika Howlett There are posters with Melissa Zamora’s phone number all throughout the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio. Patients who are interested in research studies can call Zamo …
Mays Cancer Center welcomes global experts to 48th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
December 4, 2025
World’s largest breast cancer meeting advances innovation and collaboration Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 4, 2025 – The largest international gathering of breast cancer researchers returns to San Antonio and …
Collaborative research program aims to revolutionize cancer treatment
December 4, 2025
UT San Antonio was recently awarded a $10 million program project grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the connections between APOBEC mutagenesis and cancer. The program is the only National Cancer Institute-funded program specifically targeting APOBEC.
UT San Antonio junior faculty member awarded national aging research grant
December 3, 2025
A University of Texas at San Antonio scientist has been awarded a junior faculty grant from the American Federation for Aging Research, or AFAR. Sijia He, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the J …
New funding expands development of AI tools for suicide prevention training
December 2, 2025
The support, provided through the Face the Fight initiative and backed by USAA, the Humana Foundation and Reach Resilience, will fund AI programs focused on firearm safety conversations and crisis response planning, expanding ongoing work led by The University of Texas at San Antonio and Rush University.
New study maps protein structure involved in DNA repair, cancer pathways
December 2, 2025
Graphic by Maddy Stratton and Pirouz EbadiA recent study by scientists at The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Health Science Center used cryo-EM to show how certain enzymes pass SUMO along a pathway, similar to handing off a football during a game …
Pharmacy Times: Researchers Identify Key Lipid Pathways That Influence Alzheimer’s Progression
December 2, 2025
Pharmacy Times: Researchers Identify Key Lipid Pathways That Influence Alzheimer’s Progression
New center launches with focus on chronic infectious diseases
December 1, 2025
Thomas Patterson, MD, speaks about the RECOVER long COVID study Nov. 14 at the Center for Chronic Infectious Diseases symposium. The University of Texas at San Antonio marked the launch of its new Center for Chronic Infectious Diseases on Nov. 1 …
The New York Times: Dementia Comes in Many Forms. Alzheimer’s Is Just One.
December 1, 2025
The New York Times: Dementia Comes in Many Forms. Alzheimer’s Is Just One.