UTHealth Houston researchers redefine how to assess reflux disease
Researchers from UTHealth Houston have helped develop a new classification system designed to bring greater consistency and precision to how physicians evaluate one of the body’s most important barriers against acid reflux. The work, led by Nirav Thosani, MD, MHA,…
UTHealth Houston study reveals DNA’s hidden physical language
DNA has long been viewed as life’s instruction manual, with its sequence of genetic letters directing everything from growth to disease. But new research suggests those letters tell only part of the story. New research from Matthew Baker, PhD, assistant…
Applications for T32 research training program open July 27
Clinical and translational research trainees have an opportunity to receive dedicated funding, advanced training, and mentorship through the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences T32 Training Program beginning July 27. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston…
Ugartemendia earns inaugural Beckman Award
Lierni Ugartemendia, PhD, has been named the inaugural recipient of the UTHealth Houston Beckman Award, a new honor established by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to recognize exceptional service and leadership within the postdoctoral community. The Beckman Award was created…
Researchers seek clues to brain swelling after aneurysm
The rupture of an aneurysm in the brain triggers an immune response that activates white blood cells to produce specific proteins. Overproduction of the protein LRG1 is associated with complications after subarachnoid hemorrhage including more cerebral edema and worse neurological…
University launches advanced PET/MRI imaging service
UTHealth Houston has launched a state-of-the-art PET/MRI imaging service, bringing together two advanced imaging technologies into a single integrated platform designed to enhance precision cancer care, support clinical research, and expand opportunities in molecular imaging. The service combines positron emission…
Institute of Perioperative Medicine celebrates first year, advances
Each year, millions of patients survive surgery only to face a different and often overlooked threat: organ failure in the days that follow. Perioperative death remains the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and…
Pilot study examines how disrupted eating patterns may fuel chronic inflammation
A new pilot project, funded by the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center Pilot Feasibility Award, explores how lifestyle habits tied to the body’s internal clock may shape gut health and influence the development of age-related disease. Led by Xiangsheng…
Research study links anti-aging protein to chronic disease protection
A protein long studied for its connection to aging may also play a key role in protecting the body from chronic disease, according to new research from the laboratory of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, published in Aging Cell (external link). Telomerase…
McGovern researchers lead two of three newly funded CPRIT projects
Two McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston researchers are leading newly funded projects among three UTHealth Houston awards from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, securing more than $6 million to advance cancer treatment, prevention, and translational research…