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June 23, 2021
Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 23, 2021) – The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, today was announced as a founding partner of the Advancing Inclusive Research® Site Alliance. This coalition of clinical research sites will partner with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to […]
June 23, 2021
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – A typical Western high-fat diet can increase the risk of painful disorders common in people with conditions such as diabetes or obesity, according to a groundbreaking paper authored by a team led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also referred to as […]
June 18, 2021
Users reported relief in 92% of cases. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 18, 2021) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and colleagues worldwide describe a new science-based intervention for hiccups in a research letter published June 18 in the journal JAMA […]
June 17, 2021
(Editor’s note: This story, originally posted on Feb. 11, 2021, has been updated to include the study’s publication in JAMA Oncology on June 17, 2021.) Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 17, 2021) — Convalescent plasma therapy was associated with better survival in blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19, especially in sicker patients. […]
June 17, 2021
Framingham Heart Study analysis finds association in APOE ε4 allele carriers. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 17, 2021) — Middle-aged people with depressive symptoms who carry a genetic variation called apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 may be more at risk to develop tau protein accumulations in the brain’s emotion- and memory-controlling regions, a new […]
June 14, 2021
Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Elizabeth Allen, 210-358-2344, elizabeth.allen@uhs-sa.com SAN ANTONIO (June 14, 2021) — Researchers at UT Health San Antonio are buoyed by today’s news that the Novavax vaccine is strongly effective against the COVID-19 virus. Biotechnology company Novavax released Phase 3 clinical trial results from 119 sites in the U.S. and Mexico this […]
