Research
Researcher receives $100,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation
November 9, 2020
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and an investigator with the Mays Cancer Center, will leverage the $100,000 Mary Kay Foundation grant to study estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), a biomarker of breast cancer.
Collaborative research projects accelerate bioscience innovation in San Antonio
November 9, 2020
UT Health San Antonio faculty are collaborating with other scientists in San Antonio on newly funded projects to advance research on aging, cancer, COVID-19 and trauma care.
Department of Emergency Medicine research news
November 6, 2020
The Department of Emergency Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine has released the latest issue of its research newsletter. Check out the November 2020 issue
Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target
October 22, 2020
Scientists laid out the framework for a new COVID-19 drug design that blocks the virus from replicating and disabling human proteins crucial to the immune response.
Researchers solve 100-year-old mystery of what activates magnesium ions in the cell
October 15, 2020
The discovery is expected to be a springboard for future development of novel drugs to treat cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders such as diabetes and other diseases.
Dr. Mingjiang Xu receives UT System award to support cancer epigenetics research
October 9, 2020
Mingjiang Xu, MD, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, was awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award to enhance cancer epigenetics research and support the discovery of targeted therapeutics for blood cancers.