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Newswise: UTSW’s Simmons Cancer Center awarded more than $11.5 million in CPRIT funding
Released: 6-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UTSW’s Simmons Cancer Center awarded more than $11.5 million in CPRIT funding
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Eight scientists and physicians in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern have been awarded more than $11.5 million in grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support the state’s fight against cancer.

Newswise: $25 million donation from Hamon Charitable Foundation will help UT Southwestern, Children’s Health develop joint pediatric campus
Released: 5-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
$25 million donation from Hamon Charitable Foundation will help UT Southwestern, Children’s Health develop joint pediatric campus
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health announced a $25 million gift from the Hamon Charitable Foundation in support of the $5 billion transformative pediatric campus to be built in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District across from UTSW’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

Newswise: Widespread disparities exist in treating advanced cancers
Released: 4-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Widespread disparities exist in treating advanced cancers
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A study led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center reveals significant disparities across the country in the use of immunotherapy for patients with advanced kidney and bladder cancers.

Newswise: Computer model boosts detection of cell-to-cell communication
Released: 3-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Computer model boosts detection of cell-to-cell communication
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A computer model developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers significantly enhances the ability of scientists to detect communication between cells, according to a new study published in Nature Methods.

Newswise: Nutrition know-how for patients taking anti-obesity medication
Released: 29-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Nutrition know-how for patients taking anti-obesity medication
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Since anti-obesity medications have become more widely known and prescribed, they have been touted as game-changing treatments for chronic overweight and obesity. But one common misconception about these medications is that they’re a magic bullet for better health, and it doesn’t necessarily matter what you eat when you’re taking them.

Newswise: Tips to help families navigate food allergy policies at school
Released: 28-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Tips to help families navigate food allergy policies at school
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Every year, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology specialists at UT Southwestern and Children's Health Dallas field questions from parents who are worried about whether their older kids will be exposed to allergens or whether younger students will make good choices about swapping foods and snacks at school. It takes a community to protect kids with food allergies.

Newswise: Healthy school lunches? A culinary medicine expert prescribes fresh, tasty strategies
Released: 26-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Healthy school lunches? A culinary medicine expert prescribes fresh, tasty strategies
UT Southwestern Medical Center

If your children enjoy school-provided lunch and it meets their dietary needs, it can be a safe, cost-effective meal option. But if you want more control over what your children eat during the day, packing lunch at home can be a healthy and convenient choice.

Newswise: Proteins for skin strength also control cell signaling
Released: 20-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Proteins for skin strength also control cell signaling
UT Southwestern Medical Center

An extensive family of proteins that gives human skin mechanical strength also appears to organize molecular signals that control skin cell activity, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. Their findings, published in Developmental Cell, could lead to new ways to fight a host of skin diseases, including ulcers and skin cancer.

Newswise: Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern scientists discover kidney cancers rely on mitochondrial metabolism to metastasize
Released: 14-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern scientists discover kidney cancers rely on mitochondrial metabolism to metastasize
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Contrary to how tumors operate while still in the kidney, metastatic kidney cancers rely heavily on mitochondrial metabolism, according to new research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Nature.

Newswise: ApoB test may be more accurate measure of heart disease risk
Released: 13-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
ApoB test may be more accurate measure of heart disease risk
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The traditional lipid panel may not give the full picture of cholesterol-related heart disease risk for many Americans, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and published in JAMA Cardiology.

Newswise: Natural grass may pose greater risk for football concussions
Released: 12-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Natural grass may pose greater risk for football concussions
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Young football players who sustained a head-to-ground concussion practicing or playing games on natural grass experienced more symptoms – and significantly higher severity – than those who suffered concussions on artificial turf, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.

Newswise: Study identifies weight-loss drug target in the brain
Released: 8-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study identifies weight-loss drug target in the brain
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A team led by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and a university in South Korea has identified a subset of brain cells whose activation may be partially responsible for the effects of a popular class of weight loss drugs that includes semaglutide and tirzepatide. Their findings, published in Science, could eventually help scientists optimize the efficacy of these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs).

Newswise: EMS training on key skills improves heart attack survival
Released: 5-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
EMS training on key skills improves heart attack survival
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Emergency medical services (EMS) agencies that adopt four or more critical best practices have higher rates of survival among cardiac arrest patients than their peers, a nationwide study co-led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher found. The study, published in JAMA Cardiology, identified seven key practices related to simulation training, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and transport that were associated with favorable neurological survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

Newswise: Drugs, lotions can magnify sun’s harmful effects, UTSW expert says
Released: 2-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Drugs, lotions can magnify sun’s harmful effects, UTSW expert says
UT Southwestern Medical Center

It’s well known that the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light can wreak havoc on the skin. But most people don’t realize some commonly used products and medications can make us more susceptible to sunburn and other adverse reactions.

Newswise: Menopause is having a moment: Debunking common myths
Released: 2-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Menopause is having a moment: Debunking common myths
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Many women approach menopause with anxiety about the future. You’ve probably heard about it being a stressful time full of hot flashes, weight gain, and plummeting sex drive. The good news? Menopause is having a moment. That means heightened awareness, more resources dedicated to improving women’s health, and open discussions to ensure you get the information you need.

Newswise: Targeting protein has potential to treat leukemia, lymphoma
Released: 1-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Targeting protein has potential to treat leukemia, lymphoma
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Targeting a protein called ZFP574 suppressed leukemia in a mouse model of the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed in a new study. Their findings, published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), could lead to new treatments for leukemias and lymphomas in cancer patients.

Newswise: Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
Released: 31-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a diet free of the amino acid tryptophan can effectively halt the growth of liver cancer in mice. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer new insights for dietary-based cancer treatments and highlight the critical role of the tryptophan metabolite indole 3-pyruvate (I3P) in liver tumor development.

Newswise: Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism
Released: 30-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism
UT Southwestern Medical Center

More educated people who are skilled at finding reliable information through social media don’t always see cancer as fatal while those with less schooling and social media awareness hold more fatalistic beliefs about the disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.

Newswise: Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty
Released: 29-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty
UT Southwestern Medical Center

An analysis of blood samples from thousands of study participants, led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, revealed 18 proteins associated with both heart failure and frailty, conditions that commonly develop in late life.

Newswise: Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern identifies metabolic inflexibility that keeps damage at bay during liver regeneration
Released: 25-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern identifies metabolic inflexibility that keeps damage at bay during liver regeneration
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Liver cells have a vital metabolic inflexibility during regeneration to starve dysfunctional cells and keep damage from spreading, according to new research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Science.



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