2026 Article Archive
Steep drop in metabolic coenzyme could trigger preterm labor
Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy and hasten labor and delivery, suggests a study co-led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
UTSW Research: T cells, lung health, cash support for heart patients
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a computational method that reveals how immune cells navigate the complex environment inside tumors, offering insights that could inform future cancer therapies.
HHSC, UT Southwestern Medical Center celebrate opening of new psychiatric hospital in Dallas
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and UT Southwestern Medical Center hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the Texas Behavioral Health Center in Dallas.
FDA expands use of kidney cancer drug developed from UTSW research
Belzutifan, a first-in-class drug that arose from scientific discoveries at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat some patients with earlier stage kidney cancers in combination with an immunotherapy drug.
Antibody may improve treatment response in lung cancer
An experimental antibody treatment that binds to a protein known as PCDH7 shrank tumors in preclinical models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), even those resistant to a targeted therapy, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed.
Findings could boost efforts to develop chlamydia vaccine
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with other U.S. researchers, have uncovered the structure of a key cell membrane protein in a bacterial model for Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause of the world’s most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Disrupted metabolism linked to heart failure, UTSW study finds
When heart cells burn fat without normal metabolic controls, they can deplete a lipid needed to keep mitochondria functioning properly, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.
Why eating in the middle of the night can be a gut punch
Eating when the body is normally asleep appears to desynchronize the circadian clocks of different cell types in the intestines, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests.
Ovarian cancer cells use stress hormone signaling to shut down immune system
When activated in ovarian cancer cells, the receptor for the body’s primary stress hormone alters the tumor environment in ways that blunt immune response, according to new research led by UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Human cells can exchange genomic DNA that alters cell behavior
Scientists at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that large pieces of DNA can transfer directly between human cells, and the DNA can persist and change how the recipient cell functions.