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October 2, 2025
It is often said that exercise is the best medicine, but for many older adults, it can be a prescription that is increasingly difficult to take. Age-related physical and mental health challenges frequently make regular activity hard to sustain. A study published in Dietetics in August 2025, by scientists at UT Health San Antonio, […]
October 1, 2025
Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and co-director of the cryo-EM facility at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. The five-year […]
September 29, 2025
Three leading experts in neurology and aging gathered at UT Health San Antonio Sept. 22 for Texas Public Radio’s Think Science event to share the latest in brain health research. Programs at UT Health San Antonio provide hope that scientific advances may one day make Alzheimer’s a disease of the past.
September 15, 2025
Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology; Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, the William and Berneice Castella Distinguished Professor in Aging Studies; and Yi Zhu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, received UT System Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention awards for their work in aging research.
September 15, 2025
While people are living longer than ever, many are also living with chronic health problems that impact their quality of life. In September, the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at UT Health San Antonio received a $6.5 million grant to improve the health and functional independence of older adults.
September 11, 2025
Yi Zhu, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) Health Science Center, received a UT System Rising STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) award in the amount […]
