Hope for children with bow hunter syndrome: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/hope-for-children-with-bow-hunter-syndrome.html
Fusing the neck’s top two vertebrae can prevent repeat strokes in children with bow hunter syndrome, a rare condition that affects a handful of U.S. pediatric patients each year, UT Southwestern researchers suggest in a recent study
UTSW leads nation’s first study of brief suicide intervention for LGBTQ+ young adults : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/suicide-intervention-for-lgbtq-young-adults.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center will lead the nation’s first study of suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ young adults – a group at higher risk for depression and suicide
UT Southwestern is nation’s first academic medical center for Chemical Society’s minority recruitment program: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/july-chemical-societys-minority-recruitment-program.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected as the nation’s first academic medical center to participate in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Bridge program, designed to increase the number of Black, Latino, and Indigenous students earning doctorates in chemistry
UTSW scientists identify protein key to inhibiting flu virus: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/protein-key-to-inhibiting-flu-virus.html
A collaborative study from UT Southwestern scientists has identified a new function for a protein called TAO2 that appears to be key to inhibiting replication of the influenza virus, which sickens millions of individuals worldwide each year and kills hundreds of thousands
Study finds low risk of pregnancy complications from COVID-19: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/low-risk-pregnancy-complications-covid.html
Pregnant women who test positive for COVID-19 and their newborn babies have a low risk of developing severe symptoms, according to a new study from UT Southwestern
UTSW scientists identify brain circuit that triggers rare, blood sugar-dependent epilepsy: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/november-blood-sugar-dependent-epilepsy.html
A small group of brain cells linked in a circuit is responsible for setting off whole-brain seizures in a rare form of epilepsy affected by blood sugar levels, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests
UT Southwestern geriatrician recommends flu shots for those 65 and older as cases rise: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/november-geriatrician-recommends-flu-shots.html
With flu cases on the rise, geriatric specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center say vaccinations are particularly important this year for people 65 and older who are more at risk from complications than other age groups
UT Southwestern’s Inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering elected to National Academy of Medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/inaugural-chair-of-biomedical-engineering-nam.html
Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., the incoming Inaugural Chair of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s new Department of Biomedical Engineering, is among 100 members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) this year
Cryo-EM imaging of STING protein reveals new binding pocket: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/cryo-em-imaging-of-sting-protein.html
Imaging at near-atomic resolution of a key immune protein commonly known as STING has revealed a previously unrecognized binding site that appears to be pivotal for launching immune attacks, UT Southwestern scientists report in a new study
UTSW researchers identify first Beta variant in North Texas amid rise of "variants of concern": Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/first-beta-variant-in-north-texas.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified the first two cases of the Beta variant (B.1.351) of COVID-19 infection in North Texas using next-generation sequencing technologies along with targeted PCR testing