CPRIT awards UT Health San Antonio $3.2 million to accelerate cancer research, launch novel clinical trial
February 27, 2025
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received more than $3.19 million in new academic research awards as part of the latest $68 million funding round announced on February 19 by the Cancer Research …
Cracking cancer’s code: New research identifies novel drug target for acute myeloid leukemia treatment
February 21, 2025
Despite advances in cancer treatment in recent years, five-year survival rates for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remain low at just 30% on average, according to the National Cancer Institute. Factors in the development of AML are diverse with many different drivers. A longtime goal for scientists in this field is finding a single drug that can treat all types of AML.
Renowned oncologist, Zheng, brings $500,000 UT System STARs award to UT Health San Antonio
January 10, 2025
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), has been awarded a $500,000 Translational Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention …
Where tomorrow’s breakthroughs begin: UT Health San Antonio’s first hospital opens, merging comprehensive care, innovation
December 6, 2024
This article is featured in the December 2024 issue of San Antonio Medicine Magazine. As the golden sun peeks over the Hill Country skyline, UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital begins to stir with the promise of a new day. A phys …
Two UT Health San Antonio scientists awarded V Foundation grants to advance innovative cancer research
November 20, 2024
This year in the United States, it is projected that more than 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, more than 600,000 people will die of the disease — an average of nearly 1,680 each day. The V Foundation for Cancer Research wa …
Life, legacy of 2024 Basser Global Prize winner Patrick Sung
November 18, 2024
World-renowned biochemist and expert on the roles of BRCA1 and BRCA 2 in DNA repair, Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and associate dean for research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at S …
Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research earns first NIH grant
October 29, 2024
The School of Dentistry earned the first National Institutes of Health grant under its new Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research, addressing pain in patients with head and neck carcinoma.
Henrich, new hospital supporters recognized at Luminary event
October 9, 2024
The stars aligned perfectly during a night of celebration at the second annual President’s Luminary Honors event at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The annual event, which took place at the soon-to-open UT Health Sa …
Renowned cancer researcher brings $500,000 UT System Faculty STARs award to UT Health San Antonio
October 4, 2024
Simon Gayther, PhD, professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and founding director in the school’s Center for Inherited Oncogenesis at The University of Texas Health …
Gene-mutation pathway discovery paves way for targeted blood cancers therapies
October 3, 2024
Approximately 30% of individuals with myeloid malignancy diseases have a mutation in a certain gene called tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 (TET2). This gene is responsible for providing instructions on creating certain proteins and is known to …