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December 4, 2025
UT San Antonio was recently awarded a $10 million program project grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the connections between APOBEC mutagenesis and cancer. The program is the only National Cancer Institute-funded program specifically targeting APOBEC.
December 3, 2025
A University of Texas at San Antonio scientist has been awarded a junior faculty grant from the American Federation for Aging Research, or AFAR. Sijia He, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and the Sam and Ann Barshop […]
December 2, 2025
The support, provided through the Face the Fight initiative and backed by USAA, the Humana Foundation and Reach Resilience, will fund AI programs focused on firearm safety conversations and crisis response planning, expanding ongoing work led by The University of Texas at San Antonio and Rush University.
December 2, 2025
When a protein is modified inside the cell, it can change how that protein works, either by turning on or shutting off vital functions. One important system that controls these changes is called the small ubiquitin-like modifier, or SUMO, pathway, which affects many actions including DNA repair and stress response. Scientists at The University […]
December 1, 2025
The University of Texas at San Antonio marked the launch of its new Center for Chronic Infectious Diseases on Nov. 14 with an inaugural symposium highlighting research on post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and endemic fungal infections.
November 19, 2025
A new clinical pilot study at UT Health San Antonio is exploring the use of ear acupressure — a simple, low-cost, non-pharmacological technique — to help alleviate chronic pain in people living with dementia.
