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Cancer; Discovery

Outsmarting breast cancer with novel pre-operative therapy and personalized radiation

Prasanna Alluri, M.D., Ph.D.

May 5, 2023

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How theragnostics seeks, finds, and destroys metastatic cancer

May 1, 2023

UT Southwestern: A global leader in robotic pancreas surgery

February 16, 2023

Unlocking the causes of Gulf War Illness

January 12, 2023

Using light instead of X-rays makes complex aortic repairs safer, more precise

November 8, 2022

New, lifechanging hemophilia treatments improve patients’ health, outlook

October 6, 2022

Advanced sinus surgery relieves nasal polyp symptoms – without a long recovery

Nasal polyps can make it difficult to breathe, sleep, or enjoy your daily life. Learn how advanced sinus surgery can get patients back to breathing easier – with less pain and a shorter recovery than traditional sinus procedures.

Matthew W. Ryan, M.D.

October 18, 2021

Brain; Discovery

Why daylight saving time may be bad for your brain and health

Daylight saving time can interfere with a person’s sleep schedule, but it also has been linked to increased rates of depression, heart attack, stroke, cancer, and car accidents. UT Southwestern's Dr. Joseph Takahashi explains why the time change is bad for your brain and health.

October 29, 2020

Discovery; Heart

Helping the heart heal itself: The science of regeneration

The concept of regenerating or growing heart tissue is not far-fetched. Ongoing research by UT Southwestern's Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D., may potentially change the future of care for patients with mild to moderate heart disease.

Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D.

February 16, 2022

Discovery

Once-weekly insulin shot could simplify the future of diabetes treatment

Ildiko Lingvay, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.C.S., discusses research on a weekly insulin injection currently in development for both Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes.

Ildiko Lingvay, M.D.

November 1, 2021

"Make no mistake, COVID-19 is not just 'a bad case of flu.' It's much worse. Even if you get a mild case, people you infect might not. We can't afford to trivialize COVID-19."

Claire Aldridge quoted from: COVID-19 and me: A global pandemic gets personal

Brain; Discovery

Taking aim at tau to develop Alzheimer's breakthroughs

At UT Southwestern, physician-scientists at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute have been hard at work trying to unravel the brain’s biggest mysteries. Dr. Marc Diamond and his lab are making significant progress studying the tau protein and uncovering the fundamental roots of Alzheimer’s in hopes of developing an effective treatment for the disease.

April 7, 2021

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