Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio researchers discover how COVID can hide in the body
June 9, 2021
Dr. Yogesh Gupta,Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, spoke to Fox 29 news audiences on the topic of the recent published findings in Nature Communications about the COVID-19 virus using metal ions, like magnesi …
Media advisory: Experts from Glenn Biggs Institute at UT Health San Antonio available to discuss new Alzheimer’s drug
June 9, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, June 7, approved the drug aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, which affects 6.2 million Americans. Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology at UT Health San Antonio and director of the university’s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, issued the following statement: “We are excited that a drug, aducanumab (Aduhelm, from Biogen), has been approved by the FDA for treatment of persons with early symptoms due to Alzheimer’s disease. This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer’s in two decades.”
Texas Public Radio: An expert answers teens’ questions about the Pfizer vaccine
June 8, 2021
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, answered several Pfizer-vaccine questions during this Texas Public Radio podcast hosted by Bonnie Petrie, following Petrie’s interview of her own 15-year-old daughter, Aidan, who received her first dose of the P …
AAMC: Medical burnout: Breaking bad
June 8, 2021
Dr. Dharam Kaushik, Urology, accepted AAMC Managing Editor Gabrielle Redford’s challenge to expand his original piece, published in Lancet EClinicalMedicine, adding action points regarding the burnout suffered by health care workers. Read the story.
Texas Public Radio: San Antonio scientists uncover one way the COVID-19 virus hides from the immune system
June 8, 2021
Dr. Yogesh Gupta, Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, spoke to Texas Public Radio’s Bonnie Petrie about recent published findings in Nature Communications about the COVID-19 virus using metal ions, like magnesi …
Texas Standard: Metal ions and COVID-19
June 8, 2021
Dr. Yogesh Gupta, Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, spoke to Texas Public Radio’s Bonnie Petrie and that program was repeated for broadcast by the Texas Standard. The topic centered on the recent published fi …
UT Health San Antonio to provide student health services at UTSA
June 7, 2021
UT Health San Antonio will provide clinical services for students that include primary care, women’s health and behavioral health services through the School of Nursing’s Wellness 360 clinical practice.
KSAT 12: UT Health San Antonio graduate helps African refugees while studying to be a dentist
June 7, 2021
Anna Katharina Tosti, a 2021 graduate of the School of Dentistry, was featured by KSAT 12 during its “College Great Graduates” segment for her notable accomplishments serving refugees while in dental school. Watch the story.
Beware of ransomware attacks
June 7, 2021
UT Health San Antonio’s IT infrastructure and operations teams are well-equipped to prevent, detect, isolate, quarantine and/or rapidly respond to a ransomware attack.
SFGATE.com: Metal ions help COVID-19 virus to disguise itself, study shows
June 4, 2021
Dr. Yogesh Gupta and other researchers, Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, have discovered a mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 exploits changes in metal ion concentrations to disguise itself in the body; varying c …