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June 16, 2017
Trustees of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund have approved more than $2.3 million in new research funding for rising investigators at The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio.
June 13, 2017
Tyler J. Curiel, M.D., M.P.H., of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, has been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million Provocative Questions grant by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Curiel and his colleagues seek to optimize the effectiveness of immune-checkpoint drugs in treating melanoma and other cancers.
June 10, 2017
UT Health San Antonio has named Dr. Ruben Mesa as the new director of the UT Health Cancer Center. Read the full story at the Rivard Report
June 10, 2017
Being overweight puts women at greater risk for breast cancer. It also increases the chance the cancer will come back. New research shows shedding extra pounds can help protect women under 60 from a cancer recurrence. Read the full story at Texas Public Radio
June 10, 2017
UT Health San Antonio announced Friday a landmark licensing deal worth up to $114 million with a Chinese pharmaceutical company to develop new treatments for spinal cord injuries and breast cancer. Read the full story at the Express-News
June 6, 2017
Radiation therapy may be as good as bladder surgery at helping patients survive advanced bladder cancer, a new UT Health San Antonio study shows.
