CPRIT grant to support HPV vaccination of childhood cancer survivors

November 8, 2023

  A grant of nearly $1 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will expand a program of vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) among survivors of childhood cancer. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, but […]




KSAT 12: Local researchers exploring alternatives to surgical cancer treatment

November 7, 2023

Weixing Zhao, PhD, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, FNASc, departments of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and Neurosurgery, the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, were interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now  



ASBMB Today: Beauty at a geographic intersection

October 30, 2023

Sandeep Burma, PhD, FNASc, professor, vice chair (research), Biochemistry ands Structural Biology and Neurosurgery, UT Health San Antonio and the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, authored this article.   Read More



UT Dentistry receives grant to help veterans with blood cancers receive dental care

October 23, 2023

  UT Dentistry, the dental practice of the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry, recently received $100,000 from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to provide necessary care to local veterans without dental benefits who are undergoing treatment for blood cancers. Veterans face challenges from exposures to hazardous substances they encountered during their military service, […]