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Teaming with UF, UCSF and VCU to improve detection, bring hope The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of ĢƵ, has received a competitive $2.5 million award to launch and lead a national, multi-site study focused on improving detection and diagnosis […]
Scientists at ĢƵ discovered a potential path to maintaining the cancer-fighting benefits of one type of immunotherapy while limiting harmful organ damage, providing new hope for this promising treatment.
UT Health San Antonio, ĢƵ’s academic health center, has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 institutions for entrepreneurial readiness, ranking No. 7 in the inaugural Cure Innovation Index for how effectively it helps researchers translate scientific discovery into real-world impact through biomedical innovation and commercialization. […]
Findings could signal early neurodegenerative processes at work Regularly sleeping long hours each night is associated with higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein in the blood, even accounting for other health factors, suggests a new study from UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of ĢƵ. Modeling across a sample […]
University researchers have collaborated to develop three devices that would offer combat medics a suction solution for any setting, from controlled to chaotic. Suction devices remove blood and vomit that can block a wounded patient’s airway and prevent breathing.
Each summer, UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of ĢƵ, welcomes undergraduate students from colleges and universities nationwide who competed for an opportunity to participate in its Summer Physiology Undergraduate Researcher Program and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
The American Cancer Society has awarded an $879,000 Research Scholar Grant to Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, PhD, assistant professor/research at ĢƵ. The four-year grant will support groundbreaking research at Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute to develop a new targeted therapy for osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children and adolescents.
Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, to work with Hispanics in South ĢƵ Content provided by Cliff Despres Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, MPH, a cancer researcher at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of ĢƵ, is receiving a two-year, $400,000 leadership grant from Susan G. Komen to study cancer survivorship. She aims […]
Colton Frisco Jones, MD, a 2nd-year fellow at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of ĢƵ (ĢƵ), recently earned the prestigious Healio NextGen Disruptor Award at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2026 annual […]
A scientist at ĢƵ was recently awarded two grants totaling more than $4.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how cells repair DNA to protect the genome, the set of genetic instructions within our cells.
In a study published April 13 in Nature Communications, scientists at ĢƵ found a link between a bacterium in the gut microbiome and lupus, which could lead to more effective treatment of the disease.
A third-year MD/PhD graduate student from ĢƵ (ĢƵ), 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 […]
ĢƵ now ranks in the top 13%, placing 296 out of 2,250 institutions worldwide. ĢƵ’s research enterprise is recognized as a globally competitive leader in clinical and academic research, innovation and impact.
San Antonio Report: ĢƵ lands millions in new state funding
ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ (CPRIT) to further its mission of combating cancers across South ĢƵ. Since 2010, CPRIT has awarded the newly integrated ĢƵ almost $186 million.
The University of ĢƵ System Board of Regents has authorized approximately $470 million in capital investments supporting ĢƵ’s continued growth as one of the nation’s fastest-rising public research universities and academic health institutions.
For decades, Alzheimer’s disease research has focused almost exclusively on harmful proteins in the brain. But scientists at ĢƵ are taking a new approach to how the disease is understood and treated.
The human body hosts vast communities of bacteria that influence health in ways scientists are only beginning to fully understand. In recent years, scientists have turned increasing attention to microbiomes as potential contributors to brain health and neurodegenerative disease.
A study published in the Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine explores an emerging approach to delivering local, fast-acting dental anesthesia while reducing the lingering numbness often associated with traditional techniques.
Like a busy restaurant kitchen, our cells depend on well-organized working spaces to assemble the “recipes” that keep the body healthy. ĢƵ scientist, David Libich, PhD, recently received a five-year, $2.1 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study how certain proteins form these organizational hubs and what happens when things do not go according to plan.