2024 Article Archive
ApoB test may be more accurate measure of heart disease risk
The traditional lipid panel may not give the full picture of cholesterol-related heart disease risk for many Americans, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and published in JAMA Cardiology.
Natural grass may pose greater risk for football concussions
Young football players who sustained a head-to-ground concussion practicing or playing games on natural grass experienced more symptoms – and significantly higher severity – than those who suffered concussions on artificial turf, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.
Study identifies weight-loss drug target in the brain
A team led by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and a university in South Korea has identified a subset of brain cells whose activation may be partially responsible for the effects of a popular class of weight loss drugs that includes semaglutide and tirzepatide.
EMS training on key skills improves heart attack survival
Emergency medical services (EMS) agencies that adopt four or more critical best practices have higher rates of survival among cardiac arrest patients than their peers, a nationwide study co-led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher found.
Drugs, lotions can magnify sun’s harmful effects, UTSW expert says
It’s well known that the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light can wreak havoc on the skin. But most people don’t realize some commonly used products and medications can make us more susceptible to sunburn and other adverse reactions.
Targeting protein has potential to treat leukemia, lymphoma
Targeting a protein called ZFP574 suppressed leukemia in a mouse model of the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed in a new study.
Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a diet free of the amino acid tryptophan can effectively halt the growth of liver cancer in mice. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer new insights for dietary-based cancer treatments and highlight the critical role of the tryptophan metabolite indole 3-pyruvate in liver tumor development.
Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism
More educated patients who are skilled at finding reliable information through social media don’t always see cancer as fatal while those with less schooling and social media awareness hold more fatalistic beliefs about the disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.
Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty
An analysis of blood samples from thousands of study participants, led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, revealed 18 proteins associated with both heart failure and frailty, conditions that commonly develop in late life.
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern identifies metabolic inflexibility that keeps damage at bay during liver regeneration
Liver cells have a vital metabolic inflexibility during regeneration to starve dysfunctional cells and keep damage from spreading, according to new research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Science.