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Lifelong Physical Activity May Slow Cognitive Decline

High levels of physical activity may mitigate brain loss in adults and help maintain long-term cognitive health, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report in a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
16-Apr-2025 5:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Immune Protein STING Key for Repairing, Generating Lysosomes

The STING protein, known for helping cells fight viral infections by generating inflammation, also appears to function as a quality control sensor for organelles that serve as cellular waste disposal systems, UT Southwestern Medical Center...
14-Apr-2025 7:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Create ‘Wiring Diagram’ for Key Songbird Brain Region

Much like human beings, songbirds learn how to vocalize from their parents. Males imitate songs from their fathers and then sing to attract mates.
10-Apr-2025 6:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Method Identifies Protein That May Govern Cancer Cell Movement and Metastasis

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement. Their findings, published...
9-Apr-2025 8:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Neonatal Diabetes Model Provides Insights on How Condition Develops

A preclinical model developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that recapitulates a rare infant-onset form of diabetes suggests the condition stems from gradual damage to the pancreas through misregulation of a molecular pathway called the unfolded...
8-Apr-2025 7:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Grant Worth Up to $5 Million aids Research for Cerebellar Disorders

A multidisciplinary team of UT Southwestern Medical Center specialists, led by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., has received a grant worth up to $5 million from the Raynor Cerebellum Project to develop neuromodulation...
2-Apr-2025 6:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UTSW Research: Mosquito Saliva and Malaria, Brain Tumors, and More

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new...
31-Mar-2025 10:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Social Media May Heighten Depression Severity in Youth

An emotional overattachment to social media may be associated with increased severity of mental health symptoms among young people being treated for depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical...
24-Mar-2025 6:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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3 Ways to Nip Seasonal Allergies in Texas in the Bud – and 4 Treatment Myths, Debunked

More than one in four adults and one in five children in the U.S. have seasonal allergies (allergic rhinitis). And North Texas has a perfect climate for producing allergy-inducing pollen.
11-Apr-2025 7:15 PM EDT

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Microscopic Magnificence

The Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility (CEMF) at UT Southwestern has vastly broadened the scope of molecules for which researchers are able to determine their 3D structures, accelerating the pace at which they can use this information to better...
9-Apr-2025 8:45 PM EDT

UT Southwestern Q&A: What You Need to Know About the Measles

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can cause serious health problems. The good news: Two doses of the vaccine developed in the 1960s are 97% effective in protecting you from getting infected, and that protection lasts a lifetime.
8-Apr-2025 5:50 AM EDT

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TMS: How Specialized Magnets Relieve Medication-Resistant Depression

One of the latest neuromodulation therapies available at UTSW’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This therapy uses external magnets and coils to depolarize affected neurons, “resetting†the...
2-Apr-2025 7:50 PM EDT

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How Using Cigars, Pipes, or Smokeless Tobacco Can Harm Your Heart

While cigarette smoking rates have plummeted from nearly 50% of adults in the 1960s to just under 12% in 2022, people use other tobacco products at about the same rate as they always have.
17-Mar-2025 8:10 PM EDT

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Beyond Eggs: Protein Sources That Strike the Right Balance

High-protein diets and protein-enriched foods seem to be everywhere we turn. It’s a nutrition trend with a refreshingly positive vibe. Unlike carbohydrates and fats, protein is the only one of the three macronutrients that doesn’t get vilified...
10-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT

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Laser Surgery Offers Hope for Patients Living with Epilepsy and Brain Cancer

A minimally invasive procedure called laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) provides patients an alternative to a traditional open craniotomy. LITT offers effective, and in some cases curative, results – with significantly shorter recovery and...
26-Feb-2025 5:15 PM EST

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Frequent Nosebleeds? It Could Be HHT, a Serious but Treatable Genetic Disorder

For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), frequent and sometimes intense nosebleeds are a regular occurrence. HHT, also called Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is a genetic bleeding disorder that causes abnormal development of...
20-Feb-2025 8:20 PM EST

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