Research
Medical student selected to NIH medical research scholars program
June 12, 2019Raul F. Membreño, a a third-year medical student in the Long School of Medicine, has been selected for the 2019-2020 Medical Research Scholars Program by the National Institutes of Health. He is one of only 50 students selected nationwide. The year-long research training program allows medical, dental, and veterinary students to pause their university studies […]
Read moreExpress-News: San Antonio researchers check synthetic version of capsaicin — the heat in chile peppers — for cancer-killing effects
June 10, 2019Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, in collaboration with the University of Texas at San Antonio, have developed a new class of drugs called capsazepine analogs, which bear structural similarities to capsaicin. In preclinical testing on mice, the drugs have shown promise in dramatically reducing the size of tumors. See the Express-News coverage of this […]
Read moreDr. Carie Boychuk receives UT System’s Rising STARs award
June 7, 2019The award for early-career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.
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Head of Army Futures Command visits
June 6, 2019Gen. John M. “Mike” Murray, commanding general of the U.S. Army Futures Command based in Austin, visited UT Health San Antonio June 5 to learn about advances in military medicine. He was hosted by Byron Hepburn, M.D., Major General USAF (Ret), director of UT Health San Antonio’s Military Health Institute. Gen. Murray was briefed on […]
Read moreFaculty member named an RL5 Scholar
June 6, 2019Mitzi Gonzales, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology and member of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disorders, has been named to the RL5 Scholars program.
Read morePediatric oncologist: Cure the patient, yes, but cure without damage
June 6, 2019Pediatric oncologist and researcher Gregory Aune, M.D., Ph.D., tells the story of his favorite patient, a teenage boy some 30 years ago who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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