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How to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic patients in pediatric clinical trials
While Black and Hispanic families are enthusiastic about research participation, other provider and systems-focused factors may influence their involvement in pediatric oncology clinical trials, a new UT Southwestern Medical Center-led study has found.
Autoantibodies could play key role in cancer progression and prevention
Scientists have long sought to understand why some people with no known risk factors develop cancer while others with significant risk never do.
Rewriting the cancer story
Matteo Ligorio’s phone started buzzing just after 3 a.m. The texts from a hospice nurse indicated “Patient 14” had just passed away, which meant Dr. Ligorio and his team had less than four hours to honor her dying wish.
New biosensor tracks down missing metabolite from childhood brain disorder
Scientists at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered why babies born with a rare inborn error of metabolism, called GPT2 deficiency, suffer from severe neurological impairment, according to research published in Science.