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Researchers Solve Structure of Major Brain Receptor

UT Southwestern efforts reveal pathways for removing addictive drug side effects and developing more precise treatments.

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UTSW scientists identify body’s microreactors for innate immunity

A DNA-sensing enzyme forms droplets that act as tiny bioreactors creating molecules to stimulate innate immunity – the body’s first response to infection, UT Southwestern researchers report.

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Dr. Donald W. Seldin, ‘intellectual father’ of UT Southwestern, dies at 97

The enduring contributions of Dr. Seldin, Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Internal Medicine, placed him among the most distinguished academic medical educators in the history of internal medicine.

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Dr. Madhukar Trivedi: The Depression Initiative

“Depression is a brain disease to which we have not paid enough attention. It’s common. It can be measured. And it can be treated.”

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UT Southwestern ranked No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth by <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>, adding to multiple recognitions in 2018

UT Southwestern ranked No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth by U.S. News & World Report, adding to multiple recognitions in 2018

Blue-light technology improves identification of bladder cancer

UTSW scientists identify new mechanisms underlying pediatric kidney cancer

Predicting heart attack, stroke risk just got easier

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New blood test speeds up heart attack diagnosis

A new high-sensitivity blood test is cutting the time to diagnose a heart attack by more than half and UT Southwestern Medical Center clinicians are among the first in the nation to use it.

Blue-light technology improves identification of bladder cancer

Urologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are lighting up cancer better than ever before. They’re among the first in the country to combine blue-light technology with flexible cystoscopes to identify cancers that could have easily been missed.

Predicting your risk for heart attack and stroke just got easier

A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a new online tool that enables those ages 40-65 to more accurately know their risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years.

Breast cancer radiation treatment reduced to a single dose

It’s a scenario that plays out for more than a quarter of a million women every year. A breast cancer diagnosis is followed by radiation treatments lasting as long as six weeks. To address that burden, cancer researchers at UT Southwestern are now testing a treatment method that requires only a single dose.

Kidney transplants redefine family

Would you give up part of yourself to save someone else? What if that someone else were a stranger? Meet four people redefining what it means to be family thanks to a pair of kidney donations at UT Southwestern Medical Center.