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Structural biology provides long-sought solution to innate immunity puzzle: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/immunity-puzzle.html
UT Southwestern researchers report the first structural confirmation that endogenous – or self-made – molecules can set off innate immunity in mammals via a pair of immune cell proteins called the TLR4-MD-2 receptor complex.
For oxygen-deprived newborns, rewarming after cooling therapy can trigger seizures: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/oxygen-deprived-newborns.html
Oxygen-deprived newborns who undergo cooling therapy to protect their brains are at an elevated risk of seizures and brain damage during the rewarming period, which could be a precursor of disability or death
Chemical modification of RNA could play key role in polycystic kidney disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/chemical-modification-of-rna.html
A chemical modification of RNA that can be influenced by diet appears to play a key role in polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that is the fourth leading cause of kidney failure in the U.S.
UT Southwestern ranks nationally, regionally among 'Best Hospitals': Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/best-regional-hospital.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the nation’s fourth-largest metro area – and ranks among the top 50 hospitals nationally in 10 specialties ranging from brain to heart care.
Generic cholesterol drugs save Medicare billions of dollars, study finds: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/generic-cholesterol-drugs.html
The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of dollars, even as the number of people on cholesterol-lowering drugs has increased.
Need to check patient's jugular venous pressure? There's an app for that : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/jugular-venous-pressure.html
A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a smartphone.
Study challenges concerns over hospital readmission reduction practices: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/hospital-readmission.html
A UT Southwestern study is challenging concerns that a federal health policy enacted in 2012 to reduce hospital readmissions leaves patients more vulnerable.
Inappropriate disclosure to vendor announced: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/inappropriate-disclosure.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center has informed affected patients of an inappropriate disclosure of their email addresses through use of a third-party vendor.
Changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/regenerating-heart-cells.html
Switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die.
Children's Health, UT Southwestern announce expansion in southern Dallas at RedBird: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/redbird-expansion.html
Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health care provider in North Texas, and UT Southwestern Medical Center announce their first joint pediatric enterprise initiative at the Reimagine RedBird development to broaden access in southern Dallas to the region’s top pediatric care.