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November 2, 2020
Dr. Cindy Sickora, School of Nursing, and Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, are mentioned in this San Antonio Express-News-published opinion piece by State Representative Ray Lopez who shares his experience seeking treatment for a heart attack during COVID. Read the commentary.
October 22, 2020
Dr. Alvaro Moreira, Neonatology, is quoted in this National Geographic story regarding a study by his team on “super antigens” that are tied to a mysterious COVID-19 syndrome in children, following the coronavirus inhabiting the gut; see link at “early signs” in the third paragraph. Read the story.
October 15, 2020
The discovery is expected to be a springboard for future development of novel drugs to treat cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders such as diabetes and other diseases.
October 8, 2020
Discovery seen as avenue to develop novel therapies for many conditions. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have solved the 100-year-old mystery of what activates magnesium ions in the cell. The discovery is expected to be a springboard for future development of novel drugs to […]
October 1, 2020
Results published in the journal PLOS ONE show that 20% of children treated with drugs called anthracyclines go on to suffer heart failure later in life. The research is conducted in the laboratory of Gregory Aune, MD, PhD, of the Department of Pediatrics and the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio. Read […]
September 25, 2020
Cancer chemotherapy changes the function of cells that repair heart injury, researchers at UT Health San Antonio discovered. Twenty percent of children treated with drugs called anthracyclines go on to suffer heart failure later in life.
