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Metabolic hormone found to boost resilience against flu symptoms: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/nov-metabolic-hormone-flu-symptoms.html
A hormone known for regulating energy balance also helps the body cope with influenza by triggering protective responses in the brain, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel, pioneering oncologist who led UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology for 30 years, dies: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/frenkel-obit.html
Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel, a cancer researcher, clinician, and educator who pioneered UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology, died June 21, 2019.
UTSW COVID-19 model predicts surge in advance of Fourth of July holiday: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/model-predicts-surge.html
Revised DFW model shows a dramatic spike in DFW hospitalizations related to COVID, predicting a potential 20% surge over the next two weeks.
UTSW researchers identify new immunotherapy target: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/july-immunotherapy-target.html
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how a hormone interacts with a receptor on the surface of immune cells to shield cancer cells from the body’s natural defenses. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, could lead to new immunotherapy approaches for treating cancer
UTSW researchers identify new pathway that controls fat formation: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/pathway-fat-formation.html
Loss of a family of microRNAs results in a dramatic increase in fat formation.
Athletes can rest easy: Extreme exercise does not raise heart disease risk or mortality: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/extreme-exercise.html
High volumes of exercise are safe, even when coronary calcium levels are high.
UT Dallas-UT Southwestern break ground on bioengineering facility with support from Texas Instruments: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/bioengineering-facility.html
Ground has been broken for construction of a new building that will catalyze a unique partnership between UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Dallas, bringing their biomedical engineering programs together to foster innovative solutions for unmet medical needs.
UTSW Research: Exploring essential tremor, GLP-1RAs, and more: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/dec-research-roundup.html
Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder affecting about 2% of the American population, and more than 20% of those over 90 years old. Despite its prevalence and decades of study, researchers don’t know the precise mechanisms underlying ET.
In Memoriam: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., pioneer in orphan nuclear receptor research and Chair of Pharmacology
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/aug-mangelsdorf.html
In Memoriam: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., pioneer in orphan nuclear receptor research and Chair of Pharmacology Published on: August 09, 2025 • By: Newsroom Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Email this page Print this page DALLAS – Aug. 9, 2025 – David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a visionary scientist who pioneered the once-obscure realm of orphan nuclear receptors (a class of proteins involved in gene
Hypnosis through virtual reality aids in medical recovery: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/virtual-reality.html
Anesthesiologists are exploring the use of hypnosis through virtual reality to lessen postoperative pain and anxiety in children.