2026 Article Archive
UT Southwestern announced as an Official World Cup 26 Dallas Host City Supporter
Today, the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee announced that UT Southwestern Medical Center has been named an Official World Cup 2026™ Dallas Host City Supporter, joining a select group of leading organizations welcoming the world’s largest sporting event to North Texas.
Gene variants help explain why food allergies run in families
UTSW researchers say findings are a first step toward more targeted treatments for millions of people with allergies
How small muscles make a big impact for athletes at any level
The world’s top competitors in the 2026 Olympics, which continue through Feb. 22, may offer a valuable lesson to those seeking to improve their workouts or just to get more active. While these elite athletes are performing at a peak level on a global stage, it’s the work they put in behind the scenes during training and conditioning that really sets them up for success.
Type of KRAS mutation may guide more effective cancer treatments
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene across all human cancers. Although different KRAS mutations have long been thought to exert the same cancer-driving effects, a new study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests that different KRAS mutation types can variously impact how cancer cells interact with immune cells, significantly affecting the malignant cells’ behavior.
FFP In Traumatic BRAin INjury (FIT-BRAIN) Trial
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health are consulting the people of the Dallas area on participating in a trauma research study to investigate using one dose of fresh frozen plasma (FFP), the colorless fluid part of blood, to treat patients who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Developmental ‘switch’ in brain may shape lifelong obesity risk
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a crucial developmental process in the brain’s hypothalamus may influence how susceptible individuals are to obesity.
Study finds gaps in concussion reporting across Texas high schools
Fewer concussions were reported among Texas high school athletes and students in urban and lower-income districts than in higher-income suburban districts despite larger enrollments, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a study.
Adult survivors of childhood cancer at higher risk for meningiomas
Certain chemotherapies are associated with an increased long-term risk of subsequent tumors in survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Antibodies block bacteria that cause tuberculosis, study shows
Antibodies that target specific tuberculosis (TB) proteins are effective at inhibiting the bacteria that cause TB, the infectious disease that claims the most lives worldwide, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found.
Study identifies why some breast cancers evade treatment
Up to 20% of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers don’t respond to antiestrogen therapies. A new study led by researchers at UT Southwestern, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggests that a protein secreted by immune cells within these tumors causes them to grow even in the absence of estrogen.