Science in motion: How tai chi and other traditional therapies are changing healthcare

October 7, 2025

  This story is featured in the October issue of the BCMS San Antonio Medicine magazine. People may picture tai chi as graceful, slow-motion movements practiced in parks or community centers. But Wei Liu, PhD, research director of the Human Performance and Rehabilitation Research Lab and associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at The University […]



The potency of compound thinking

October 3, 2025

University researchers have developed a promising compound that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. Their collaboration shows the power of multidisciplinary science that bridges dentistry, chemistry and commercialization to bring hope to patients.

3D Rendering of a cancer cell - medical illustration


Pilot study: Branched-chain amino acids may help physical, mental fatigue in older adults

October 2, 2025

  It is often said that exercise is the best medicine, but for many older adults, it can be a prescription that is increasingly difficult to take. Age-related physical and mental health challenges frequently make regular activity hard to sustain. A study published in Dietetics in August 2025, by scientists at UT Health San Antonio, […]


Wasmuth named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

October 1, 2025

Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and co-director of the cryo-EM facility at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. The five-year […]


Brain health experts share research, hope at Think Science event

September 29, 2025

Three leading experts in neurology and aging gathered at UT Health San Antonio Sept. 22 for Texas Public Radio’s Think Science event to share the latest in brain health research. Programs at UT Health San Antonio provide hope that scientific advances may one day make Alzheimer’s a disease of the past.