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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and UT Southwestern Medical Center hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the Texas Behavioral Health Center in Dallas.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today elected three UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists into its membership. Election to the NAS is one of the highest honors in the United States for American scientists.

UT Southwestern molecular biologist Kim Orth, Ph.D., elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Neurons in a part of the brain known as the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) appear to direct the body to boost endurance in response to exercise, a study co-led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center shows.

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A multidisciplinary team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled pipeline that can quickly and accurately extract relevant information from complex, free-text medical records. The team’s novel approach, featured in npj Digital Medicine, could dramatically reduce the time needed to create analysis-ready data for research studies.

A genetic mutation that fuses two genes drives several different cancer types by forming networks of protein interactions that alter gene expression in cells, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.

Elevated calcium levels in the blood – a complication of kidney cancers known as hypercalcemia – may be successfully treated with a class of medications called HIF-2 inhibitors developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center, a new study shows. The findings, published in Cancer Discovery by a team at UTSW, could offer hope to patients who develop this condition.