Surprising role for so-called “jumping” genes that are a source of genetic mutations responsible for a number of human diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Helping Childhood-Onset Lupus Patients Stay Healthy As Adults
DALLAS – March 30, 2021 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified factors that put patients with childhood-onset lupus at elevated risk for poor outcomes, such as end-stage renal disease or death, as they transition from pediatric to adult health c…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Even With Regular Exercise, Astronaut’s Heart Left Smaller After A Year In Space
DALLAS – March. 29, 2021 – With NASA preparing to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, researchers are studying the physical effects of spending long periods in space. Now a new study by scientists at UT Southwestern shows that the heart of an astronaut w…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Real-World Data At UT Southwestern Shows Benefit of Early Vaccination on Health Care Workforce
DALLAS – March 23, 2021 – Vaccinating health care workers resulted in an immediate and notable reduction of positive COVID-19 cases among employees, reducing the number of required isolations and quarantines by more than 90 percent, according to data a…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exercise Boosts Blood Flow to The Brain, Study Finds
DALLAS – March 23, 2021 – It’s not just your legs and heart that get a workout when you walk briskly; exercise affects your brain as well. A new study by researchers at UT Southwestern shows that when older adults with mild memory loss followed an exer…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The a7 Protein is Ready For Its Close-Up
DALLAS – March 17, 2021 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified the structure of a key member of a family of proteins called nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in three different shapes. The work, published online today in Cell, could eventually l…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Riding The Wave to Memory-Forming Genetics
UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories. The findings, published online this week in Nature Neuroscience, could eventually be used to develop novel therapies for people with me…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Speeding Treatment For ******* Tract Infections in Children
DALLAS – March 8, 2021 – A study led by UT Southwestern and Children’s Health researchers defines parameters for the number of white blood cells that must be present in children’s ***** at different concentrations to suggest a ******* tract infection (…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New CAR T-Cell Therapy Extends Remission In Heavily Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Patients
DALLAS – March 8, 2021 – A new type of CAR T-cell therapy more than triples the expected length of remission for multiple myeloma patients who have relapsed several times, according to an international clinical trial with UT Southwestern as the lead en…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Putting A Protein Into Overdrive to Heal Spinal Cord Injuries
Using genetic engineering, researchers at UT Southwestern and Indiana University have reprogrammed scar-forming cells in mouse spinal cords to create new nerve cells, spurring recovery after spinal cord injury. The findings, published online today in C…
