UT Health San Antonio study links sleeping long hours with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein

July 16, 2026

Findings could signal early neurodegenerative processes at work Regularly sleeping long hours each night is associated with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein in the blood, even accounting for other health factors, suggests a new study from UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Modeling across a sample […]




Researchers create new device to save lives on battlefields

July 7, 2026

University researchers have collaborated to develop three devices that would offer combat medics a suction solution for any setting, from controlled to chaotic. Suction devices remove blood and vomit that can block a wounded patient’s airway and prevent breathing.



American Cancer Society invests in UT San Antonio pediatric bone cancer research

June 30, 2026

The American Cancer Society has awarded an $879,000 Research Scholar Grant to Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, PhD, assistant professor/research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The four-year grant will support groundbreaking research at Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute to develop a new targeted therapy for osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children and adolescents.