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Study: Diagnosing depression rarely requires trip to psychiatrist: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/diagnosing-depression.html
Review of 25,000 patients shows primary care doctors can detect, treat most cases with online help
Finding a way to STING tumor growth: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/sting-tumor-growth.html
UT Southwestern scientists have revealed that STING also activates a separate pathway, one that directly kills tumor-fighting immune cells.
First structure of human cotransporter protein family member solved: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/cotransporter-protein.html
In work that could someday improve treatments for epilepsy, UT Southwestern scientists have published the first three-dimensional structure of a member of a large family of human proteins that carry charged particles – ions – across the cell membrane.
Vulnerable cells armor themselves against infection by depleting surface cholesterol:Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/surface-cholesterol.html
Scientists have long known that the mucus membranes that line the intestines, lungs, and other sites play a key role in protecting the body from systemic infection.
Chemical modification of RNA could play key role in polycystic kidney disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/chemical-modification-of-rna.html
A chemical modification of RNA that can be influenced by diet appears to play a key role in polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that is the fourth leading cause of kidney failure in the U.S.
Take action to prevent cervical cancer: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/prevent-cervical-cancer.html
Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by human papillomavirus, or HPV, making it a preventable cancer, say UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians.
Geneticists ID molecular pathway for autism-related disorder: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/molecular-pathway-kos.html
Discovery of molecular trigger for autism-related disorder leads scientists to test potential therapy on mice.
Austin tennis coach wins gold medal after lung transplant: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/lung-transplant.html
Competing in the World Transplant Games in Newcastle, England, as part of Team USA, Genie Kilpatrick won a gold medal in women’s tennis.
Changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/regenerating-heart-cells.html
Switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die.
DFW COVID-19 Prevalence Study expands : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/prevalence-study-expands.html
As more DFW businesses and schools have reopened, and as cases have begun to surge again, researchers are expanding participation for the DFW COVID-19 Prevalence Study – uniquely designed to reveal how widely COVID-19 has spread and why some communities are harder hit.