Life, legacy of 2024 Basser Global Prize winner Patrick Sung

November 18, 2024

World-renowned biochemist and expert on the roles of BRCA1 and BRCA 2 in DNA repair, Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and associate dean for research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was recently recognized as the 2024 recipient of the […]


Dedicating a ‘place of firsts’

November 13, 2024

Today, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio proudly dedicated the new $472 million UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital in front of leaders from The University of Texas System, UT Health San Antonio and Mays Cancer Center, as well as donors, elected officials and other distinguished guests.






UT Health San Antonio-led study finds novel role of BRCA1 in tumor suppression

October 24, 2024

Mechanisms by which the gene prevents breast and ovarian cancers understood A new study led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is shedding light on a novel role of breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) in tumor suppression. Individuals with inherited mutations in BRCA1 are predisposed to […]