University of Texas System and UT San Antonio leaders hailed “a new era of hope, healing and discovery” for neurological patients and their families with a ribbon-cutting Nov. 12 for the UT Health San Antonio Center for Brain Health, a $100 million, 103,000-square-foot facility that will bring specialty care, therapy, diagnostics and research under one roof.

Blood-platelet screening in midlife could identify early risk for Alzheimer’s disease

New research from The University of Texas at San Antonio, in collaboration with the University of California at Irvine, shows that changes in brain fats, or lipids, play a major role in Alzheimer’s development and progression. Lipid imbalances can influence how amyloid proteins build up, and certain genes that regulate lipid metabolism are linked to Alzheimer’s risk.