Dr. Joseph Takahashi, who discovered the first circadian gene in mammals (CLOCK), points out that desynchronized body clocks are linked to greater health risks such as obesity, heart attack, cancer, and depression.

Researchers analyzed two types of interventions – lifestyle modification (exercise) and pharmacological (medicine) – to learn how best to defeat fat lying deep in the belly

To reverse the trend of declining black men in medicine, we need to convince more black boys to pursue careers in the field.

Vaccinating health care workers resulted in an immediate and notable reduction of positive COVID-19 cases among employees, reducing the number of required isolations and quarantines by more than 90 percent.

Catherine Carr Worley and her mother, Peggy Carr, both underwent cancer treatment at UT Southwestern, including use of the cool cap for hair preservation.

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.

In localized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a tumor’s ability to use carbon from glucose to feed the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle predicts cancer spread beyond the lung, months to years before metastases are clinically apparent. According to this new research from Children’s Medical Center

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new treatments for the disease, found mostly in tropical

UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined an elite Honor Roll of the nation’s top 20 hospitals recognized for delivering the highest standard of care, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals listings for 2023-24

Moncrief Cancer Institute debuted its new Mobile Screening Clinic prior to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting today. The $1 million, 36-foot cancer screening clinic was funded by Tarrant County through a three-year, $9 million grant awarded to Moncrief Cancer Institute in 2022.