Medical Xpress: HIV research yields potential drug target
February 11, 2021
Dr. Corey Yu, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Dmitri Ivanov, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, is quoted in this story about the lab’s findings published in Nature Communications. Read the story.
News Medical Life Sciences: New research yields potential drug target against HIV
February 11, 2021
Dr. Corey Yu, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Dmitri Ivanov, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, is quoted in this story about the lab’s findings published in Nature Communications. Read the story.
Fox 29: Gulf War illness sufferers face additional risk with COVID-19
February 11, 2021
Dr. Claudia Miller, Family and Community Medicine, commented to Fox 29 as part of a story regarding Gulf War vets being more at risk for COVID-19. Watch here.
Yahoo! Finance: Whenever you’re outside your home you should be wearing two masks
February 11, 2021
Dr. Owais Durrani, resident in Emergency Medicine, joined Yahoo Finance Live and recommended that people should wear two masks when outside their homes, reflecting the recent CDC study that has found that double-masking works. Watch here.
Fox 29: San Antonio paramedics on the front lines of opioid crisis
February 11, 2021
Dr. Lisa Cleveland, School of Nursing, is quoted in this Fox 29 story about local paramedics taking a brand new approach to helping people struggling with opioid addiction. Read and watch the story.
Fox 29: Newer side effect of COVID vaccine mimics cancer, doctors say don’t panic
February 11, 2021
Dr. Jan Patterson is quoted in this Fox 29 news item regarding the side effect of the COVID vaccine that may mimic cancer, lending her assurance that swollen lymph nodes are simply a reaction to the local response or reaction from having the vaccine in …
KENS 5: ‘Get the vaccine,’ local doctor says as COVID-19 variant appears in Bexar County
February 11, 2021
Dr. Jason Bowling, Infectious Diseases, speaks to KENS 5 TV viewers about the arrival of the U.K. variant in Bexar County. Dr. Bowling addresses the risk of spread, what you can do to protect yourself and why getting your COVID-19 vaccine is important. …
Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio gets $650,000 Genentech grant to bring more Latinos into cancer, Alzheimer’s research
February 10, 2021
By Cliff Despres SAN ANTONIO — Did you know that Latinos represent 18.5% of the U.S. population, but are less than 10% of those in federal cancer and drug studies? This makes it hard for researchers to create treatments that work best for Latinos. To e …
COVID-19 vaccine panel discussion
February 10, 2021
Experts share what is known about COVID-19 vaccines and immunocompromised patients as well as the vaccination plan for cancer patients.
HIV research yields potential drug target
February 10, 2021
Humans possess a formidable multi-layered defense system that protects us against viral infections. Better understanding of these defenses and the tricks that viruses use to evade them could open novel avenues for treating viral infections and possibly …