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People who had a potentially allergic reaction to their first messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccination can safely receive their second shot, according to a study of patients conducted at several medical centers, including UT Southwestern.

An experimental drug that has shown promise in protecting healthy tissue from collateral damage caused by radiation therapy for cancer also appears to enhance radiation’s capacity to kill tumors.

A day earlier, a severely ill Nathaniel Jones received a healthy kidney from Sarah Schecter, a principal at his children’s school.

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 Simmons Cancer Center researchers have developed technology that is spawning a much better form of drug delivery for gene therapy and has achieved a 43 percent increase in the survival of mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of human brain cancer.

When used to manage infections, the drug itraconazole is generally given at a single, fixed dose to all patients.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is expanding its neurological surgery program to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

The new approach combines DNA sequencing and a chemical analysis called metabolomics to identify mutant genes that cause defective metabolic pathways in patients.

When she turned 48, Lisa James of Arlington, Texas, decided she wanted to make the ultimate gift by donating one of her kidneys to a child she hadn’t met.

Switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die.