At UT Health San Antonio we are investing in our priority research areas: aging, cancer, diabetes, immunology & infectious diseases, neurosciences and population health/outcomes research while promoting a culture that values research, collaboration and innovation.
The Office of the Vice President for Research provides access to resources and services to support researchers throughout the conduct of research and discovery. Our aim is to foster a research culture that drives innovation, collaboration and recognition of our researchers
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The University of Washington at Seattle and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have launched NIRVANA, a National Institutes of Health-funded pilot clinical study to treat acute kidney injury (AKI) in COVID-19 patients.
UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes.
Dentists aren’t known to tell people not to brush, but that’s what happened on the way to a breakthrough. After asking study participants not to brush half their teeth for three weeks, researchers discovered that genetic differences make some people more susceptible to chronic inflammatory diseases that cause a host of health loss and disability.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, working in close collaboration, were announced Sept. 9 as a new National Institute on Aging (NIA)-designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).
Helped develop the world's first stent (Palmaz Stent), used to treat blood vessel blockages
Discovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetes
Invented the EZ-IO to rapidly infuse fluids into the bone marrow cavities of patients in shock
Discovered a link between finasteride and prevention of prostate cancer in men
One of two universities nationwide with a Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Claude D. Pepper, and a Nathan Shock Center
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