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UTSW is a founding member of new sickle cell clinical trials network: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/new-sickle-cell-clinical-trials-network.html
In a move that will increase access and efficiency of clinical trials for patients with sickle cell disease.
UTSW clinical trial sets stage for new paradigm in kidney cancer treatment: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/august-new-paradigm-in-kidney-cancer-treatment.html
Building upon previous work at UT Southwestern Medical Center, investigators report the results of a clinical trial exploring the role of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SAbR) for patients with a handful of metastases, or so-called oligometastatic disease.
UTSW findings advance RAS inhibitors for use in fighting more cancers: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/ras-inhibitors-for-use-in-fighting-more-cancers.html
New findings by UT Southwestern researchers help better understand the how one of the most commonly mutated genetic drivers of cancer passes signals that cause the disease.
UTSW leads nation’s first study of brief suicide intervention for LGBTQ+ young adults : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/suicide-intervention-for-lgbtq-young-adults.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center will lead the nation’s first study of suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ young adults – a group at higher risk for depression and suicide.
UT Southwestern’s Inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering elected to National Academy of Medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/inaugural-chair-of-biomedical-engineering-nam.html
Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., the incoming Inaugural Chair of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s new Department of Biomedical Engineering, is among 100 members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) this year.
Artificial intelligence successfully predicts protein interactions: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/artificial-intelligence-successfully-predicts-protein-interactions.html
UT Southwestern and University of Washington researchers led an international team that used artificial intelligence (AI) and evolutionary analysis to produce 3D models of eukaryotic protein interactions.
How Legionella makes itself at home : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/how-legionella-makes-itself-at-home.html
Scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a key protein that helps the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease to set up house in the cells of humans and other hosts.
Development of new stem cell type may lead to advances in regenerative medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/new-stem-cell-regenerative-medicine.html
A team led by UT Southwestern has derived a new “intermediate” embryonic stem cell type from multiple species that can contribute to chimeras and create precursors to sperm and eggs in a culture dish.
Giving brown fat a boost to fight Type 2 diabetes: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/brown-fat-a-boost-to-fight-type-2-diabetes.html
Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state.
Enzyme could be major driver of preeclampsia: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/enzyme-could-be-major-driver-of-preeclampsia.html
A new study by UT Southwestern scientists indicates that an enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a major driver of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by the development of high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine.