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June 8, 2021
Dr. Yogesh Gupta, Biochemistry/Structural Biology/Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, spoke to Texas Public Radio’s Bonnie Petrie about recent published findings in Nature Communications about the COVID-19 virus using metal ions, like magnesium and calcium in our bodies, as a disguise to hide itself from our immune systems. Read the story.
May 25, 2021
Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Salud America!, Population Health Sciences, Mays Cancer Center, is quoted in this Miami Herald article that mentions a new $9.8 million study, that she’s the co-principal investigator of, that will unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, psychosocial, biological and medical influences on post-cancer life in Latino cancer survivors. […]
May 13, 2021
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Infectious Diseases, told News 4/KABB-Fox San Antonio viewers that the COVID-19 vaccine may hold the key to vaccines for HIV, Ebola and, maybe even one day, cancer, as an mRNA vaccine acts like a message to your body teaching it to recognize and then kill a virus. Watch the story.
May 11, 2021
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month and Dr. Robert Svatek, urologist from the Mays Cancer Center for patient care services within the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, did a live segment on News 4 San Antonio to raise awareness about bladder cancer. Dr. Svatek explained the risk factors associated with bladder cancer, […]
May 3, 2021
May is National Stroke Awareness Month — Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, discusses stroke response and rehabilitation in this Yahoo! Finance story. Read the story.
April 16, 2021
Dr. Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, explains the link between neurodegenerative diseases and high cortisol levels in this Discover Magazine article. The story mentions that her research published in the journal Neurology, has shown that those with higher morning cortisol levels are more […]