<p>Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 10, 2023) — Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, has been named chairman of the Department of Radiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Suri, who previously served as interim chair of the […]</p>
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<p>Researchers discover toxic process involving ‘jumping genes’ Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 6, 2023) — Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Written by Julie Collins of UT Health San Antonio and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP) Network. SAN ANTONIO (January 5, 2023) – Study findings out today in JAMA Network Open show an important step forward in treating the psychological injuries of war. Researchers report that treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress […]</p>
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<p>The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio — South Texas’ only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center — is putting a decades-old antidepressant drug to new use treating breast cancers that don’t respond to existing therapies. Research in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio provided […]</p>
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<p>American Federation for Aging Research grant allows exploration of signaling molecules toxic in Alzheimer’s, diabetes, aging Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 15, 2022) — The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) selected Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, an early career scientist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT […]</p>
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<p>Recipient of American Academy of Nursing’s highest honor continues inclusion push Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content contributed by Rosanne Fohn SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 14, 2022 – During her more than 50-year nursing career, Norma Martínez Rogers focused on mentoring, nursing education, advocating for underserved populations and health care policy changes. But she never forgot […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 13, 2022 – With the U.S. grappling with an unprecedented opioid-related overdose crisis, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research peer recovery support services for […]</p>
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<p>Vaccines for this infection have been challenging to produce SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 13, 2022) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has granted an exclusive global license allowing an Ohio biopharmaceutical company to develop university research discoveries into a novel oral vaccine for chlamydia. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – The Living Beyond Cancer A-Z: A Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center Symposium, featuring a full day of learning, empowerment and discovery, will be held Jan. 21 at UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine’s Holly Auditorium. “For cancer survivors, […]</p>
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<p>Studies of cell channels lead to therapeutic antibodies in clinical trials Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 12, 2022) — Jean X. Jiang, PhD, whose pioneering research has given rise to potential bone cancer and brain injury therapeutics currently under evaluation in clinical trials, will be inducted as a Fellow of the National […]</p>
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