Helping the heart heal itself - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/helping-the-heart-heal-itself.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have discovered a protein that works with others during development to put the brakes on cell division in the heart, they report today in Nature
Putting a protein into overdrive to heal spinal cord injuries: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/heal-spinal-cord-injuries.html
Using genetic engineering, researchers at UT Southwestern and Indiana University have reprogrammed scar-forming cells in mouse spinal cords to create new nerve cells, spurring recovery after spinal cord injury
UT Southwestern earns accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/acha-accreditation.html
UT Southwestern is one of the first in the United States to earn ACHA Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) accreditation
SORTing gene editing tools to where they're needed - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/sorting-gene-editing-tools.html
Scientists at UTSW have developed a technology that shuttles nanoparticles carrying gene editing and protein replacement tools to the specific tissues where they're needed
NEJM: Anticoagulants help moderately ill COVID-19 patients: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/anticoagulants-help-ill-covid-19-patients.html
Moderately ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have better chances of survival if treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation, according to an international study involving 121 sites, including UT Southwestern Medical Center
Drug targeting mutant cancer gene is highly effective, durable: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/mutant-cancer-gene-drug.html
A drug targeting a gene fusion that occurs in lung, colon, and other cancers was effective in 75 percent of patients of all ages in clinical trials, and an even higher percentage of pediatric patients, researchers at UT Southwestern's Simmons Cancer Center announced. The drug is being given fast
Predicting heart attack and stroke risk just got easier: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/predicting-heart-attack-stroke.html
A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a new online tool to more accurately predict who among those ages 40-65 is at the highest risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years
Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/cancer-related-gene-variations.html
A new research study from investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center strongly encourages testing laboratories to periodically review their records and alert physicians when scientific knowledge evolves and genes are reclassified
Dr. Regan Allen: Annelle M. Ahmed, M.D. Women’s Health Care Award: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/regan-allen.html
Dr. Regan Allen: Annelle M. Ahmed, M.D. Women’s Health Care Award
CAR-T clinical trial enrolling multiple myeloma patients: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/car-t-clinical-trials.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of nine exclusive sites in the country enrolling multiple myeloma patients for a clinical trial of the CAR-T "living drug" therapy for cancer