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Drug combination fights resistance to lung cancer treatment - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/drug-combination-fights-resistance-to-lung-cancer-treatment.html
A new drug combination discovered by the UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center may extend the effectiveness of a lung cancer treatment
Black, Hispanic, impoverished have worse survival rates among teens, adults under 40 with cancer, UTSW review shows: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/blacks-hispanics-impoverished-have-worse-cancer-survival-rates.html
Being Black or Hispanic people, living in high-poverty neighborhoods, and having Medicaid or no insurance coverage are associated with higher mortality in men and women under 40 with cancer
How an experimental drug reverses fatty liver disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/feb-experimental-drug-reverses-fatty-liver-disease.html
A drug in clinical trials as a treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) works with a one-two punch that shuts down triglyceride production and fatty acid synthesis in liver cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show in a new study.
Gene in fat plays key role in insulin resistance: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/gene-in-fat-plays-key-role-in-insulin-resistance.html
Deleting a key gene in mice in just their fat made tissues throughout these animals insulin resistant, in addition to other effects, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers shows.
COVID-19 infections in the U.S. nearly three times greater than reported, model estimates: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/covid-19-infections-in-the-us-nearly-three-times-greater-than-reported.html
World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported.
Simmons Cancer Center, MD Anderson scientists develop artificial intelligence method to predict anti-cancer immunity: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/artificial-intelligence-method-to-predict-anti-cancer-immunity.html
Researchers and data scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence technique that can identify which cell surface peptides produced by cancer cells called neoantigens are recognized by the immune system.
Same difference: Predicting divergent paths of genetically identical cells: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/predicting-divergent-paths-of-genetically-identical-cells.html
A set of biomarkers not traditionally associated with cell fate can accurately predict how genetically identical cells behave differently under stress, according to a UT Southwestern study.
UTSW Research: Anaphylaxis hospital stays, LDL-lowering drug, and more: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/july-research-roundup-ldl-lowering-drug.html
A team of researchers including UT Southwestern Medical Center Pediatrics faculty members Jo-Ann Nesiama, M.D., Professor, and Geetanjali Srivastava, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, collected data on 5,641 ED visits for pediatric anaphylaxis between 2016 and 2019 from 30 hospitals in the U.S. and
Study links female sex hormones to progression of eye disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/july-female-sex-hormones-eye-disease.html
Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The findings, published in Science Advances, may lead to therapeutics to slow
Hormone may hold key to longer life, improved metabolic health : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/july-hormone-improved-metabolic-health.html
Fat cells genetically altered to overproduce a hormone called FGF21 resulted in improved metabolic health and an extended lifespan in mice that were fed a high-fat diet, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in Cell Metabolism, could lead to new interventions