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Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD To receive $1.95M CPRIT Grant

February 22, 2022

Division Chief, Pediatrics Hematology/OncologyCo-Director, Population Science Program, and PreventionGreehey Distinguished Chair in the Genetics of Cancer “CPRIT has also awarded $1.95 million to Dr. Gail E. Tomlinson, a professor of pediatrics in the …


BioSpace: Lantern Pharma Expands into Additional Pediatric Cancers Through a Collaboration with The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) at University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio (Houghton)

February 16, 2022

      Published: Feb 15, 2022 Original Publication: BioSpace – Lantern Pharma’s A.I. and machine learning platform, RADR®, aided in the identification of additional pediatric cancers where Lantern’s portfolio of drug candidates can be le …


UT Health San Antonio cardio-oncology program recognized as a Center of Excellence (Aune)

February 9, 2022

Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Extrarenal Anaplastic Wilms Tumor A Case Report With Genomic Analysis And Tumor Models (Kurmasheva & Houghton)

February 8, 2022

Willis, Kelsi R. MS*; Sathe, Adwait A. PhD†; Xing, Chao PhD†,‡,§; Koduru, Prasad PhD*; Artunduaga, Maddy MD∥,¶; Butler, Erin B. MD#; Park, Jason Y. MD, PhD*,¶; Kurmasheva, Raushan T. PhD**,††; Houghton, Peter J. PhD**,††; Chen, Kenneth S. MD¶,#; Rakhej …


Patrick Sung, D. Phil, Appointed as Director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio.

February 7, 2022

Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute We are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Sung, D. Phil, as director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) at UT Health San Antonio, eff …


eLife: RNA ‘heroes’ can disarm bad-actor proteins in leukemia: study (Gupta)

February 3, 2022

Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Brain, Behavior, & Immunity: Sex-dependent pain trajectories induced by prolactin require an inflammatory response for pain resolution (Lai Lab)

January 24, 2022

Author links open overlay panelJenniferMecklenburga  AndiWangzhouf  Anahit H.Hovhannisyana  PriscillaBarba-Escobedoa  Sergey A.Sheinb  YiZoud  KorriWeldond  ZhaoLaideVincentGoffing  GregoryDussorf  Alexei V.Tumanovb  Theodore J.Pricef  Armen N.Akopiana …


NCI SBIR Innovative Concept Award to study novel molecules for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma (Kurmasheva)

January 21, 2022

Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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eLife: RNA binding to human METTL3-METTL14 restricts N6-deoxyadenosine methylation of DNA in vitro (Gupta Lab)

January 21, 2022

Shan Qi,  Javier Mota,  Siu-Hong Chan,  Johanna Villarreal,  Nan Dai,  Shailee Arya,  Robert A Hromas,  Manjeet K Rao,  Ivan R Corrêa Jr  Yogesh K Gupta  Abstract Methyltransferase like-3 (METTL3) and METTL14 complex transfer a methyl group from S-aden …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Frontiers in Microbiology: Robust Heat Shock Response in Chlamydia Lacking a Typical Heat Shock Sigma Factor (Lai Lab)

January 20, 2022

Yehong Huang1,2†, Wurihan Wurihan2†, Bin Lu1,2†, Yi Zou3, Yuxuan Wang2†, Korri Weldon3, Joseph D. Fondell2†, Zhao Lai3,4, Xiang Wu1*†, and Huizhou Fan2*† Cells reprogram their transcriptome in response to stress, such as heat shock. In free-living bact …