Could enhancing the body’s own marijuana-like chemical treat Alzheimer’s?

June 23, 2023

  Can the body’s naturally occurring “pot” be boosted in the brain to treat Alzheimer’s disease? A researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is studying that intriguing question with $4.4 million in newly awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health. Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), derived from marijuana or cannabis plants, […]




300 attend ‘Think Science: Dementia in South Texas’

June 12, 2023

Clinical trials, brain and biobank donation and risk factors among topics discussed “Think Science: Dementia in South Texas,” a live event moderated by Nathan Cone of Texas Public Radio, drew 300 people to the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus June 7 for an intriguing and inspiring discussion of a topic important to so […]







Becker’s Hospital Review: 7 cancer study updates to know

May 24, 2023

Andrew Brenner, MD, Neurosurgery,  and William Kelly, MD, Hematology & Oncology, both of the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were mentioned in this story via the word ‘conducted,’ which links to the university’s press release about the Mays Cancer Center conducting the only clinical trial in America of a specific drug combination for […]