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The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough.

Inhalation of depleted uranium from exploding munitions did not lead to Gulf War illness (GWI) in veterans deployed in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, a new study co-authored by a leading researcher of the disease at UT Southwestern suggests.

Failure of human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to survive when grown with the PSCs of distantly related species occurs because of an innate immune reaction in the nonhuman cells, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.

When used to manage infections, the drug itraconazole is generally given at a single, fixed dose to all patients.

A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage from dangerously low blood sugar levels and liver damage in infants, along with variable body fat loss, fatty tumors, and metabolic complications in youth and adults.

Patients who received Mohs surgery to treat the most serious form of skin cancer, melanoma, reported a 95 percent long-term satisfaction rate with their results.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is expanding its neurological surgery program to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

The new approach combines DNA sequencing and a chemical analysis called metabolomics to identify mutant genes that cause defective metabolic pathways in patients.

Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder affecting about 2% of the American population, and more than 20% of those over 90 years old. Despite its prevalence and decades of study, researchers don’t know the precise mechanisms underlying ET.

UT Southwestern Medical Center has informed affected patients of an inappropriate disclosure of their email addresses through use of a third-party vendor.