Mays Cancer Center: Targeting certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer

October 5, 2023

Research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has discovered that altering certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer and related diseases. The study focuses on androgen receptors (AR), which are protein molecules that help direct the development of male sexual characteristics, […]

Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio identifies possible markers for early metastatic lung cancer

October 4, 2023

Researchers at Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio have identified protein markers that could signal for early development of metastatic lung cancer, providing possibilities for new treatment. The findings already have led to a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of […]

Barshop Institute team discovers why liver disease is more severe in older people

October 3, 2023

Lower levels of a protective protein lead to liver inflammation, scarring Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) have identified a molecular pathway that connects aging to end-stage liver disease. A set of mechanistic processes, observed in mice fed an ethanol diet to mimic […]

Repurposed drug brings new hope to treat breast cancer

September 29, 2023

“We applaud our patients. They are the true heroes in what we do.” —Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc, Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio Could a drug prescribed for transplant recipients also help some women beat breast cancer? Impressive new findings point to this possibility, according to research conducted at The University of Texas […]

UT Health San Antonio receives $500,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels® grants to help fund fight against childhood cancer

September 29, 2023

Elizabeth Orcutt first learned about Li-Fraumeni syndrome — a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome that increases the risk of certain types of cancers — in October of 2019 after her then 6-year-old daughter Lydia Orcutt woke up feeling unwell. “She was extra, extra cuddly and complained of a stomach ache,” Orcutt recalled. “Her symptoms rapidly escalated […]