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December 6, 2019
UT Health San Antonio researchers, working with collaborators at the University of Florida, have discovered a safe and potent next generation of drugs to fight multiple types of leukemia and lymphoma in adults and children. The journal Nature Medicine reported the findings Dec. 2.
October 22, 2019
Sometimes small things make the biggest difference. A new study has found that a molecule thousands of times smaller than a gene is able to kill medulloblastoma, the most common childhood brain cancer. This tiny molecule, named MiR-584-5p, is quite efficient in its action. It sensitizes the cancer to chemotherapy and radiation, making it plausible […]
September 24, 2019
UT Health working to fight children’s cancer with Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant To help in the fight against pediatric cancer, Hyundai Hope on Wheels presented two grants totaling $500,000 to UT Health San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO — UT Health San Antonio is fighting children’s cancer in a partnership with Hyundai Hope on Wheels. To […]
September 23, 2019
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported by Hyundai and its U.S. dealers, announces $500,000 Hyundai Young Investigator and Scholar Hope Grant to UT Health San Antonio to continue its long-standing fight against pediatric cancer. HHOW has committed $13.2 million to support 52 new doctor-researchers in their research for better treatment options and to improve care for children diagnosed […]
September 16, 2019
SAN ANTONIO — September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. One of those cancers, Ewing sarcoma, is the second most common type of bone cancer in children with only 200 diagnosed each year in the U.S. Thanks to a $306,000 grant from The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, UT Health San Antonio is working to find a cure […]
August 28, 2019
Published On: August 28, 2019 Shared by Rosanne Fohn UT Health San Antonio received more than $1 million from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas in its summer round of funding, announced Aug. 22. The largest award, $892,157, went to Yidong Chen, PhD, a professor of population health sciences in the Joe R. and Teresa […]
August 24, 2019
UT Health San Antonio has half a million more reasons to continue the fight against childhood cancer. Two doctors with the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute received grants on Tuesday worth up to $500,000.
June 25, 2019
In March 2016, Dr. Zhao Lai was awarded $600,000 NIH Shared Instrument grant (S10 grant 1S10OD021805-01) to purchase Illumina HiSeq 3000 to upgrade the sequencing platform in GSF. Illumina HiSeq 3000/4000(3000 carries one flow cell vs HiSeq 4000 with two flow cell stations) is the latest and most efficient sequencing platform in Illumina NGS market. […]