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 …
The potency of compound thinking
October 3, 2025
University researchers have developed a promising compound that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. Their collaboration shows the power of multidisciplinary science that bridges dentistry, chemistry and commercialization to bring hope to patients.
Wasmuth named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
October 1, 2025
A cryo-electron microscope image of the androgen receptor studied in prostate cancer. Image courtesy of Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD. Used by permission. Artist: Arnaud vanden Broeck Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemist …
First national review of anti-aging compounds
July 28, 2025
The first comprehensive review of the NIH’s Interventions Testing Program was published in July 2025. Study finds rapamycin shows greatest longevity effect in 20-year NIH Interventions Testing Program The first comprehensive review of two decade …
UT Health San Antonio scientists uncover how some cancers outsmart immune system
July 17, 2025
FOXM1 protein identified as key driver in immunotherapy resistance, unlocking new therapeutic avenues For years, scientists have found the overexpression of a specific protein called FOXM1 in a wide range of cancers, including ovarian, breast and ped …
Dr. Kurmasheva awarded CURE foundation grant for childhood cancer research
July 16, 2025
A cancer diagnosis is always devastating and is especially overwhelming when the patient is a child. This is why the CURE Childhood Cancer Foundation is on a mission to advance research that will bring an end to childhood cancers. Recently, Raushan Kur …
Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund grants UT Health San Antonio $1.25 million to support research from early career investigators
July 2, 2025
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been awarded $1.25 million by the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund to support research projects being conducted by the institution’s early career inves …
Owens Medical Research Foundation awards UT Health San Antonio investigators $1.5 million to advance Alzheimer’s and cancer research
July 2, 2025
The William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation recently awarded $1.5 million to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) for research projects that address pancreatic cancer, Alzheimer’s diseas …
New urine-based tumor DNA test may help personalize bladder cancer treatment
June 27, 2025
In a multi-institutional study published in Science Direct, researchers revealed that testing urine-based tumor DNA (utDNA) can help predict which bladder cancer patients are at higher risk for recurrence after treatment.
Key DNA complex connected to PARP inhibitor cancer-drug resistance discovered
June 9, 2025
Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have made one of the most important discoveries to date in the study and treatment of BRCA1-deficient cancers and drug resistance.