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Team Discovers Novel Drug Target for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

mRNA quality control identified as novel drug target for Alzheimer’s and related dementias

Restraining a Liver Enzyme Could Help Us Trim Down, Reduce Appetite

Novel approach identified to tackle metabolic diseases.

In the Quest for a TBI Therapy, Astrocytes May Be the Bull’s-Eye

Treatment could aim to raise levels of a neuroprotective molecule, studies hint.

RNA ‘Heroes’ Can Disarm Bad-Actor Proteins in Leukemia: Study

San Antonio researchers identify a new target for drug development.

Team IDs Mechanism Underlying Rare Children’s Blood Cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), reporting this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, identified a mechanism through which two antiviral genes, when mutated, promote a childhood cancer called pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

Brief Writing Therapy Effective as Treatment for Military Members with Ptsd, Study Shows

A brief, five-session treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called Written Exposure Therapy is as effective as a longer, gold-standard treatment for military service members, a new study shows.

Immune Memory Less Durable After Severe Covid-19, Study Suggests

UT Health San Antonio researchers compared results in less-severe and severe COVID-19 cases one and five months after symptom onset.

Flies, Worms Poorly Predict Drugs’ Life Span Effects in Mice, Study Indicates

Doctoral student’s research suggests difficulty of translating longevity interventions from lower species to mammals

Novel Drug Makes Mice Slim Even on Sugary, Fatty Diet

Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria.

UT Health San Antonio Scientists Tie Obesity to Alzheimer’s-Related Genes

Obesity in midlife and in women most closely linked to dementia

Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment for Obesity

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified

Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial Seeks 21 Area Volunteers

Study will evaluate senolytics — drugs that clear defective ‘zombie’ cells

Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment for Obesity

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified

Inflammatory Trigger a New Clue in Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover toxic process involving ‘jumping genes’

Clusters of Genes Help Mice Live Longer, Team Reports

The NIA Interventions Testing Program, including UT Health San Antonio, collaborated with peers in Tennessee and Switzerland.

DeFronzo Wins Global Prize For Work In Type 2 Diabetes

No one individual has done more to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of type 2 diabetes than Ralph DeFronzo

‘We Have an Obligation to Help Others’

For teenager Arhan Rao, repurposing an antidepressant drug to treat cancer is the opening act in a career of serving patients by finding new ways to stop tumors.

Study Links Omega-3s to Improved Brain Structure, Cognition at Midlife

Holy mackerel! Could eating salmon, cod, tuna, herring or sardines keep our brains healthy and our thinking agile in middle age? New research makes this connection.

UT Health San Antonio, University Health Trial Shows Bionic Pancreas Improves Type 1 Diabetes Management Compared to Standard Insulin Delivery Methods

A device known as a bionic pancreas, which uses next-generation technology to automatically deliver insulin, was more effective at maintaining blood glucose (sugar) levels within normal range than standard-of-care management among people with type 1 diabetes