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A team led by UT Southwestern researchers has identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, builds a structure called the RNA cap that’s critical for successful viral replication.

Todd Aguilera, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and member of the Experimental Therapeutics Program in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been named one of 11 inaugural Cancer Moonshot Scholars. The national program

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Stories published in 2025 about UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Stories published in 2024 about UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Activating specific neurons in a part of the brain that serves as the body’s master circadian pacemaker caused mice to eat significantly more during a time of day when they would normally be at rest, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study shows.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the nation’s fourth-largest metro area – for the sixth consecutive year and ranks among the top hospitals nationally in nine specialties ranging from brain to heart to cancer care.

New national guidance for managing cholesterol and other blood lipids calls for earlier risk assessment, more personalized treatment, and renewed emphasis on long-term cardiovascular prevention – changes experts say could significantly reduce heart attacks and strokes over a lifetime.

UT Southwestern Medical School’s Class of 2026 crowded inside the Bryan Williams, M.D. Student Center gymnasium for the time-honored tradition of National Match Day. At precisely 11 a.m., the soon-to-be graduates – along with thousands of other medical students nationwide – tore open the envelopes

Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and one of the world’s top researchers on how the body’s immune system protects us against threats such as bacteria and viruses, has been awarded the 2026 Japan Prize in Life Sciences – one of the highest