Mays Cancer Center hosts annual liver cancer symposium

October 8, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         Oct. 8, 2024                                 Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY Highlights clinical breakthroughs and support for at-risk communities WHAT:         Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio will host the fourth annual San Antonio Liver Cancer Symposium. The two–day symposium will feature presentations from liver cancer experts from leading cancer centers […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry earns first NIH grant under new Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research

October 3, 2024

Nearly $600,000 award will address pain from head and neck carcinoma Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 3, 2024 – The School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) earned the first National Institutes of Health grant under its new Center for […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing’s Caring for the Caregiver program earns national award

October 2, 2024

Maude’s Awards honor those caring for dementia patients Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 2, 2024 – The Caring for the Caregiver Program (C4CP) of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has earned a national award for its comprehensive […]

UT Health San Antonio awarded $12.6 million grant for cancer research, understanding drug resistance

September 19, 2024

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Content by Claire Kowalick The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received a collaborative $12.6 million program project grant from the National Cancer Institute to define the functions and regulation of BRCA1, BRCA2 and related tumor suppressor genes and find new ways to […]

Inaugural Strides Against Kids Cancer 5K set for this weekend

September 18, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 18, 2024 Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu MEDIA ADVISORY Run/walk event supports pediatric cancer research WHAT:          Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), hosts the inaugural Strides Against Kids Cancer 5K Run/Walk to raise awareness about […]

UT Health San Antonio finds higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia

September 18, 2024

Weight-maintaining hormone key to brain-signal transmission Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 18, 2024 – New research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body weight, is associated with better signal-transmitting brain white matter in middle-aged adults, according to a study by […]