Pediatric bone cancer research offers new therapeutic opportunities for osteosarcoma

September 8, 2026

By Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, PhD This article was first published in the September 2026 issue of the Bexar County Medical Society’s San Antonio Medicine magazine. Osteosarcoma is an aggressive cancer that grows quickly, spreads early to the lungs, and has a remarkable ability to resist treatment. It is the most common primary bone cancer in children […]



Oyajobi named Fellow of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

August 6, 2026

Babatunde “Kay” Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA, professor in the Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and UT Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), has been elected to the 2026 class of Fellows of the American Society […]



UT San Antonio MD/PhD graduate student earns top NIH ranking for research proposal

June 23, 2026

  A third-year MD/PhD graduate student from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), Christopher Mullally, recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute for a project examining how the body regulates internal sources of mutation and how breakdowns in that regulation may contribute to cancer development. While […]


CPRIT awards newly integrated UT San Antonio to further its mission to combat cancers across South Texas

June 2, 2026

The University of Texas at San Antonio and its academic health center, UT Health San Antonio, recently received over $2.7 million in new academic and prevention awards from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to further its mission of combating cancers across South Texas. Since 2010, CPRIT has awarded the newly integrated UT San Antonio almost $186 million.