2025 Article Archive
AI can identify stroke types using clinical notes, study shows
Using only text from doctors’ notes and radiology reports, an artificial intelligence (AI) program known as GPT-4o reliably identified patients’ types of strokes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found.
Kidney cancer drug shows promise against dangerous calcium imbalance caused by tumors
Elevated calcium levels in the blood – a complication of kidney cancers known as hypercalcemia – may be successfully treated with a class of medications called HIF-2 inhibitors developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center, a new study shows. The findings, published in Cancer Discovery by a team at UTSW, could offer hope to patients who develop this condition.
UT Southwestern researcher receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
David Sanders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been awarded $2.4 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his research into the role of RNA/protein assemblies in neurodegenerative diseases.
UTSW discovery opens door to novel strategies for hard-to-treat cancers
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two distinct populations of cells known as antigen-presenting cancer-associated fibroblasts (apCAFs) that appear to support the survival and growth of malignant tumors. Their findings, reported in Cancer Cell, could one day lead to new therapies for notoriously hard-to-treat cancers, including pancreatic cancer and advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) that has spread throughout the abdomen, known as peritoneal metastasis.
UT Southwestern and Children’s Health receive $25 million from the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation for new pediatric campus
UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health announced a $25 million gift from the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation, directed through Southwestern Medical Foundation, in support of their $5 billion transformative joint pediatric campus under construction in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District across from UTSW’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.
New CEO to lead UTSW’s Clements University Hospital
Traci d’Auguste, M.B.A., M.S.H.A., who has more than two decades of leadership experience in academic medicine, is the new Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (CUH), effective today.
Two UT Southwestern scientists named Clarivate Citation Laureates
Two UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists – Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Center for Inflammation Research, and Michael Rosen, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Biophysics – have been selected as 2025 Citation Laureates in recognition of work deemed by Clarivate to be of the highest impact.
Targeted therapy helps NICU parents reframe fears
A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program developed for parents whose child was born prematurely reduced harmful perceptions that their child remained medically fragile, according to a new study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center.
UTSW Research: Diagnosing Alzheimer’s, timed radiation therapy, and more
Studies look at measuring blood flow velocity, a treatment strategy for non-small cell lung cancer, and the body’s response to airborne pathogens.
Food as medicine: UTSW advances clinical nutrition care
A novel clinical pilot program at UT Southwestern Medical Center is transforming the role of nutrition education in patient care.