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Drug from Bat Flower shown to fight tumors

February 19, 2018

…stabilize microtubules, which are cellular structures that function as railroad tracks moving cargo within cells. Cancers co-opt these railroad tracks for their own rampant growth. Microtubule stabilizers stop the abnormal…

Bat Flower


Drug from Bat Flower shrinks resistant tumors

February 12, 2018

…as railroad tracks moving cargo within cells. Cancers co-opt these railroad tracks for their own rampant growth. Microtubule stabilizers stop the abnormal cargo movements, which stresses the cancer cell and…




Study: Site of 1st chlamydia exposure makes big difference

January 25, 2018

…nation’s most common sexually transmitted disease and causes infertility, ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease if left untreated. “This research emphasizes the pre-exposure of chlamydia to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract…

Guangming Zhong, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UT Health San Antonio


Greehey institute bolsters faculty researchers

January 18, 2018

…in childhood cancers. Dr. Libich is utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to gain understanding of basic mechanisms operating in both healthy and cancerous cells. Originally from Canada, he has…

Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute