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May 1, 2023
This spring, UT Health San Antonio announced it will build a $100 million Center for Brain Health to enhance its Biggs Institute and the Department of Neurology of its Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.
April 21, 2023
Doctoral student’s research suggests difficulty of translating longevity interventions from lower species to mammals If a drug extends the life span of worms or flies, is it likely to do the same in mice? Michael Bene, PhD student Not typically based on the existing data, said Michael Bene, a sixth-year doctoral student at The University […]
April 13, 2023
Protection is afforded infants against disease-causing bacteria Certain immune cells possess a homing property that directs them to the skin at birth to protect the baby, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) discovered. “These T cells home in on the skin like a guided missile,” […]
March 22, 2023
Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a high-sugar, high-fat Western diet throughout life. “When we give this drug to […]
March 13, 2023
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio melanoma expert Monte Shaheen, MD, was part of a team of investigators that conducted a phase II clinical trial to determine the efficacy and safety of administering the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before and after surgery in high-risk melanoma patients.
March 10, 2023
The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science and the UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy have extended the application deadline for one-year Community Engagement Small Project Grants through 11:59 p.m. on April 3. The goal is to promote, develop and expand community and academic research partnerships for the translation of science from […]
