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Annual Liver Cancer Symposium Returns to San Antonio to Address At-Risk Communities and Major Advances

  The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio will host the third annual San Antonio Liver Cancer Symposium on October 20 and 21 at the Hilton San Antonio Hill Country. The two-day event will bring together health care professionals from around the world to discuss new research and developments in treating liver cancer. The […]

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New research led by Mays Cancer Center reveals how mutations in BRCA1 affect cancer susceptibility in women

Three decades after discoveries linking mutations in the BRCA1 gene to breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has pinpointed the molecular mechanism by which a large portion of these mutations cause cancers in women. The […]

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Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio identifies possible markers for early metastatic lung cancer

Researchers at Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have identified protein markers that could signal for early development of metastatic lung cancer, providing possibilities for new treatment. The findings already have led to a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of […]

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Mays Cancer Center: Targeting certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer

Research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has discovered that altering certain molecular interactions could yield new strategies for treating prostate cancer and related diseases. The study focuses on androgen receptors (AR), which are protein molecules that help direct the development […]

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Barshop Institute team discovers why liver disease is more severe in older people

Lower levels of a protective protein lead to liver inflammation, scarring Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) have identified a molecular pathway that connects aging to end-stage liver disease. A set of mechanistic processes, observed in mice fed an ethanol diet to mimic […]

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Repurposed drug brings new hope to treat breast cancer

Could a drug prescribed for transplant recipients also help some women beat breast cancer? Impressive new findings point to this possibility, according to research conducted at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio).

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Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring

  A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of aspartame by their mothers during pregnancy or breastfeeding. In this case-control […]

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Community invited to 2023 IIMS Community Engagement Symposium

Abstract submissions are now being accepted The community is invited to the 2023 Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) Community Engagement Symposium for a day filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities and community building. The event will take place Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Neighborhood Place located at 3014 Rivas St., San Antonio, […]

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2023 San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference to examine 50 years of progress

Marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, the 8th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference will look at how far we’ve come in caring for those who suffer from war’s psychological wounds and where we need to go from here. At the event, slated for Oct. 17–18, 2023, experts in the field […]

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San Antonio Business Journal: Spurs to team with UT Health San Antonio on human performance

UT Health San Antonio President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP. was quoted in this story about the university’s multi-year partnership with the San Antonio Spurs.   Read More

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