Immune memory less durable after severe COVID-19, study suggests
January 6, 2022
UT Health San Antonio researchers compared results in less-severe and severe COVID-19 cases one and five months after symptom onset.
UT System Rising STARs award to advance research into metabolic disorders and liver cancer
January 6, 2022
The University of Texas System has awarded Peng Zhao, PhD, a Rising STARs Award. Dr. Zhao is an assistant professor of biochemistry and structural biology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio).
Autism-linked gene, if deleted, results in less myelin
December 22, 2021
Myelin, a sheath of insulation around nerves that enables electrical impulses to efficiently travel through the central nervous system, is diminished in mice that have a gene deletion associated with autism spectrum disorder, new research finds.
Visuals increase attention. Now science explains why.
December 20, 2021
In a paper published Dec. 17 in the journal Science Advances, authors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also referred to as UT Health San Antonio) report that norepinephrine, a fundamental chemical for brain performance, is locally regulated in a brain region called the visual cortex.
Researchers develop a method to detect toxic brain cells; this could be a step toward a new Alzheimer’s treatment
December 17, 2021
Emerging evidence suggests it may be possible to treat Alzheimer’s disease by targeting therapy at senescent cells in the brain.
Department of Pharmacology assistant professor and researcher receives UT System Rising STARs award
December 16, 2021
Xiaoli Sun, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has received a UT System Rising STARs award. The award for early-career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.