CTRC, other NCI Cancer Centers, issue call for HPV vaccination in children

January 27, 2016

Directors of the nation’s 69 National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers, including the Cancer Therapy & Research Institute of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, have called for all children and young adults to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV).

CTRC building


Research: Latino Kids Lack Play Spaces, Increasing Obesity Risk

January 19, 2016

Salud America!’s Active Spaces and Latino Kids research package includes an in-depth review of the latest science on the U.S. physical activity environment for Latinos, policy recommendations based on that research, and an issue brief, animated video, and infographics.

Latino kids playing in playground


Leaders break ground on UT Medicine Hill Country

January 13, 2016

“UT Medicine Hill Country is part of a clinical transformation plan that includes expanding and diversifying the services of our thriving academic medical practice throughout the San Antonio region,” said Francisco González-Scarano, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center.




Scientists learn how poxviruses defeat the body’s host defense

December 10, 2015

Virologists in the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio discovered how poxviruses overcome their hosts’ immune defenses. The factor the viruses overcome is also involved in some cancers, so the finding has implications for cancer therapy, as well.