PR Stories
GRACIAS Texas: Empowering South Texas’ underserved population (Tomlinson)
December 26, 2019
Senior health educator Anna Maria Pulido Saldivar, who is based in Laredo, educates community members in South Texas about cancer prevention and screening. Mays Cancer Center Annual Report Knowledge is power, and with today’s advances in science, knowing the family history of cancer through genetic testing can save lives. For millions of underserved minority populations, […]
Technology News Network: Team Develop Drugs To Fight Leukemia and Lymphoma
December 9, 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. “This is a new class of drugs called PROTACs that target […]
BioNews Central: Leukemia, lymphoma squarely in sights of new class of drugs
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.
EurekAlert: Leukemia, lymphoma squarely in sights of new class of drugs
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.
SCITECH EUROPA: Preclinical Drug Development for Childhood Cancers
December 2, 2019
MISSION MAGAZINE: Tiny molecule has big effect in childhood brain cancer (Rao Lab)
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 […]
SCITECH EUROPA: RNA-based Therapeutics for Childhood Cancers
October 21, 2019
WEBINAR: Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Transitioning to Adulthood (Aune Lab)
September 27, 2019
REPOST from September 25th webinar originally broadcasted, September 25th, 2019 Childhood cancer advocates, families, researchers, and survivors are invited to join us for this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month event. We’ll have a robust discussion about the challenges facing childhood cancer survivors as they transition out of pediatric care and into young adulthood. SPEAKERS: Gregory Aune, […]
KENS5: UT Health working to fight children’s cancer with Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant (Houghton, Aune, Ignatius mention)
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 […]