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Riding the wave to memory-forming genetics : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/riding-the-wave-to-memory-forming-genetics.html
UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories.
Giving brown fat a boost to fight Type 2 diabetes: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/brown-fat-a-boost-to-fight-type-2-diabetes.html
Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state.
UT Southwestern develops test to predict immunotherapy response in kidney cancer: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/predicting-immunotherapy-response-kidney-cancer.html
A novel imaging test shows promise for identifying kidney cancer patients most likely to benefit from immunotherapy.
Study finds dosing strategy may affect immunotherapy outcomes : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/dosing-strategy-may-affect-immunotherapy-outcomes.html
Overweight cancer patients receiving immunotherapy treatments live more than twice as long as lighter patients, but only when dosing is weight-based
How Legionella makes itself at home : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/how-legionella-makes-itself-at-home.html
Scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a key protein that helps the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease to set up house in the cells of humans and other hosts.
UTSW scientists reveal how vitamin A enters immune cells in the gut: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/how-vitamin-a-enters-immune-cells-in-the-gut.html
Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines – findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve the efficacy of some vaccines.
UT Southwestern cancer researchers uncover antitumor mechanisms to help improve radiation therapy: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/antitumor-mechanisms-to-help-improve-radiation-therapy.html
An international team of cancer researchers has identified important mechanisms that activate antitumor immune response during radiation therapy
Enzyme could be major driver of preeclampsia: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/enzyme-could-be-major-driver-of-preeclampsia.html
A new study by UT Southwestern scientists indicates that an enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a major driver of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by the development of high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine.
Viewing dopamine receptors in their native habitat: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/viewing-dopamine-receptors-in-their-native-habitat.html
Dopamine, a chemical that sends messages between different parts of the brain and body, plays a key role in a variety of diseases and behaviors by interacting with receptors on cells.
Development of new stem cell type may lead to advances in regenerative medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/new-stem-cell-regenerative-medicine.html
A team led by UT Southwestern has derived a new “intermediate” embryonic stem cell type from multiple species that can contribute to chimeras and create precursors to sperm and eggs in a culture dish.