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Studies identify lipids necessary for immune molecule activation: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/feb-lipids-immune-molecule-activation.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known as stimulator of interferon genes (STING) to launch an immune response in the human body.
UT Southwestern researcher receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/oct-nih-directors-new-innovator-award.html
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
UTSW receives ARPA-H award to create functioning artificial liver: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/jan-utsw-award-functioning-artificial-liver.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center has received an award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop livers using patients’ own cells and an innovative three-dimensional (3D) printing approach.
Consistent use of food pantries needed to address food insecurity, related health issues: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/food-pantries-needed-to-address-food-insecurity.html
Food banks should be used more consistently rather than only during emergencies to better address food insecurity and related health issues
UT Southwestern to open DFW’s first state behavioral health hospital this summer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/dec-texas-behavioral-health-center.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected to operate the new Texas Behavioral Health Center – the first state acute care behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – announcing plans to care for its first patients this summer.
Developmental ‘switch’ in brain may shape lifelong obesity risk: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/feb-developmental-switch-brain-obesity-risk.html
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.
Urge to merge: Understanding how cells fuse: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/understanding-how-cells-fuse.html
New research from UT Southwestern may help those with rare muscle diseases
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Dropping it in the mail: Best practices detailed for mail-in colon cancer screenings: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/mail-in-colon-cancer-screenings.html
A program that asks patients to mail in stool samples to screen for colon cancer is an effective way to expand screenings to underserved and underinsured communities and offers an alternative to in-person testing during the pandemic, according to a study conducted by UT Southwestern.
UT Southwestern biochemist Zhijian ‘James’ Chen to receive 2026 Brinster Prize
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-brinster-prize.html
Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and one of the world’s top researchers on innate immunity, has been awarded the 2026 Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine.