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High phosphate diet impacts nervous system, induces hypertension: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/june-high-phosphate-diet-induces-hypertension.html
Diets rich in phosphate additives, commonly found in processed foods, can increase blood pressure by triggering a brain signaling pathway and overactivating the sympathetic nervous system that regulates cardiovascular function, UT Southwestern researchers discovered.
Study identifies transport protein key to immune response: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/march-transport-protein-key-immune-response.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified how the quintessential immune protein known as stimulator of interferon genes (STING) migrates from one cellular organelle to another, a necessary step in its activation.
Antibody designed to fight immunotherapy-resistant cancers: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/feb-antibody-immunotherapy-resistant-cancers.html
An investigational therapy significantly shrank lung cancer tumors that are notoriously resistant to treatment by encouraging an attack from natural killer (NK) cells in an animal model, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
Robotic bronchoscopy may offer solution to lung biopsy risks: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/december-robotic-bronchoscopy.html
Lung nodule biopsies performed with new robotic bronchoscopy technology may be safer and more effective than those done by traditional methods, a study by researchers at UT Southwestern suggests.
Dallas ISD and UT Southwestern partner to open a new kind of school: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/dallas-isd-and-ut-southwestern-partner.html
Dallas ISD and the UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) together will launch a new transformation school slated to open its doors next fall.
Nearly 100% of UT Southwestern medical students match to residency programs nationally, across Texas : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/march-match-day.html
Nearly 100% of UT Southwestern Medical School students matched to residency programs – well above the national average of 94%.
Growing number of U.S. adolescents receive weight-loss surgery: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/may-adolescents-weight-loss-surgery.html
Weight-loss surgeries for adolescents increased 15% in the U.S. between 2021 and 2023, even as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved effective new weight-loss medications for this age group, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. Their findings, published in The
Grant worth up to $5 million aids research for cerebellar disorders : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/april-grant-aids-research-cerebellar-disorders.html
A multidisciplinary team of UT Southwestern Medical Center specialists, led by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., has received a grant worth up to $5 million from the Raynor Cerebellum Project to develop neuromodulation therapies for patients with cerebellar disorders of the
Electrical stimulation offers hope for treating spinal injuries : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/may-electrical-stimulation-spinal-injuries.html
A grid of electrodes placed on the backs of study participants delivered enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through the skin to change the short-term function of spinal cord neurons, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed.
UTSW scientists link another gene to obesity : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/june-scientists-link-gene-to-obesity.html
Using a tool called Automated Meiotic Mapping (AMM) that was developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a team of researchers has identified a gene that appears to be key for regulating food intake.