Latest news from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/uthealth-houston-welcomes-first-patient-to-pioneering-telehealth-epilepsy-clinic/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-welcomes-first-patient-to-pioneering-telehealth-epilepsy-clinic/?sc=rsin Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:00:39 EST UTHealth Houston is proud to announce the successful opening and first online patient visit at its groundbreaking Telehealth Precision Genetic Counseling for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, a state-of-the-art telehealth initiative aimed at transforming the management of epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders through personalized genetic insights and virtual health care. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/correcting-imbalance-with-the-gut-microbiota-after-stroke-could-reduce-brain-inflammation-open-pathway-to-potential-therapies/?sc=rsin /articles/correcting-imbalance-with-the-gut-microbiota-after-stroke-could-reduce-brain-inflammation-open-pathway-to-potential-therapies/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:35:13 EST An imbalance in ligands, which are molecules produced by the body and the gut microbiota, can affect a key receptor protein that plays a role in brain inflammation after stroke, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston, who recently published their preclinical findings in Nature Communications. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/stem-cell-trial-for-early-alzheimer-s-disease-begins-at-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin /articles/stem-cell-trial-for-early-alzheimer-s-disease-begins-at-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:15:52 EST A stem cell therapy trial aimed at reducing neuroinflammation in patients with presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease is underway at UTHealth Houston. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/new-clinical-trial-at-uthealth-houston-tests-gene-therapy-vector-that-delivers-drug-aimed-at-stopping-overactive-bladder-in-patients-with-spinal-cord-injury/?sc=rsin /articles/new-clinical-trial-at-uthealth-houston-tests-gene-therapy-vector-that-delivers-drug-aimed-at-stopping-overactive-bladder-in-patients-with-spinal-cord-injury/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:30:35 EST A modified herpes virus that targets spinal cord nerve cells to treat neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury is underway in a first-in-human clinical trial by UTHealth Houston at TIRR Memorial Hermann. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/experts-available-to-talk-measles-related-death-in-u-s/?sc=rsin /articles/experts-available-to-talk-measles-related-death-in-u-s/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:55:40 EST University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/flight-anxiety-soars-to-new-heights-amid-aircraft-incidents/?sc=rsin /articles/flight-anxiety-soars-to-new-heights-amid-aircraft-incidents/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:50:25 EST University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/study-on-new-telerehabilitation-stroke-therapy-model-led-by-uthealth-houston-for-underserved-community-in-the-texas-rio-grande-valley/?sc=rsin /articles/study-on-new-telerehabilitation-stroke-therapy-model-led-by-uthealth-houston-for-underserved-community-in-the-texas-rio-grande-valley/?sc=rsin Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:00:22 EST A new at-home telerehabilitation care service for stroke patients will be offered to residents of Cameron County in the Texas Rio Grande Valley as part of a randomized clinical trial led by researchers from across UTHealth Houston. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/latanya-love-md-named-interim-president-of-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin /articles/latanya-love-md-named-interim-president-of-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:55:03 EST LaTanya Love, MD, an esteemed leader known for fostering academic success and enhancing the overall student and employee experience, has been named interim president of UTHealth Houston, effective March 1. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/empowering-future-public-health-leaders-how-student-evaluators-gain-unmatched-experience-addressing-community-needs-in-north-texas/?sc=rsin /articles/empowering-future-public-health-leaders-how-student-evaluators-gain-unmatched-experience-addressing-community-needs-in-north-texas/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:25:08 EST UTHealth Houston School of Public Health offers career-development opportunities, giving students the tools to lead and make a difference in public health. In collaboration with Texas Health Resources, researchers at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas support graduate research assistants to engage with communities across North Texas to evaluate the effectiveness of Texas Health Community Impact grants awarded by the health system. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/renowned-uthealth-houston-researcher-discusses-what-4-000-year-old-mummies-tell-us-about-heart-disease-and-why-it-s-preventable/?sc=rsin /articles/renowned-uthealth-houston-researcher-discusses-what-4-000-year-old-mummies-tell-us-about-heart-disease-and-why-it-s-preventable/?sc=rsin Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:55:14 EST An unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and smoking - considered to be a relatively recent societal curse - are all risk factors to heart disease. But if that is the case, did heart disease exist thousands of years ago? University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/uthealth-houston-establishes-fetal-institute-focused-on-clinical-care-research-discovery-and-education-to-advance-fetal-medicine/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-establishes-fetal-institute-focused-on-clinical-care-research-discovery-and-education-to-advance-fetal-medicine/?sc=rsin Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:30:35 EST Five years after the first groundbreaking fetoscopic spina bifida repair surgery using an innovative patch pioneered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, the fetal medicine team is celebrating the more than 100 procedures performed by the physicians and the launch of the UTHealth Houston Fetal Institute. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/sweeping-study-of-human-viruses-by-researchers-including-uthealth-houston-funded-with-20m-from-nih/?sc=rsin /articles/sweeping-study-of-human-viruses-by-researchers-including-uthealth-houston-funded-with-20m-from-nih/?sc=rsin Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:45:46 EST Unlocking knowledge about the vast and varied collection of viruses that live in and on our bodies is the goal of a $20 million grant from the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers, including a team at UTHealth Houston. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/uthealth-houston-cardiologist-available-american-heart-month/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-cardiologist-available-american-heart-month/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:10:00 EST University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/santa-maria-dean-of-cizik-school-of-nursing-at-uthealth-houston-receives-presidential-early-career-award-for-scientists-and-engineers/?sc=rsin /articles/santa-maria-dean-of-cizik-school-of-nursing-at-uthealth-houston-receives-presidential-early-career-award-for-scientists-and-engineers/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:30:48 EST More than a decade of work with youth experiencing homelessness and HIV prevention has led to a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, dean of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/uthealth-houston-research-children-born-to-young-men-with-cancer-have-slight-increases-in-preterm-birth-low-birth-weight-children-but-not-birth-defects/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-research-children-born-to-young-men-with-cancer-have-slight-increases-in-preterm-birth-low-birth-weight-children-but-not-birth-defects/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:25:08 EST Male adolescents and young adults with cancer have a slightly elevated risk of having preterm birth and children with low birth weight, but no increased risk of birth defects in their offspring, according to research by UTHealth Houston. The population-based study was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/link-between-gene-duplications-and-deletions-within-chromosome-region-and-nonsyndromic-bicuspid-aortic-valve-disease-found-by-uthealth-houston-researchers/?sc=rsin /articles/link-between-gene-duplications-and-deletions-within-chromosome-region-and-nonsyndromic-bicuspid-aortic-valve-disease-found-by-uthealth-houston-researchers/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:45:13 EST Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston researchers. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/project-to-redesign-clinical-trials-for-neurologic-conditions-for-underserved-populations-funded-with-2-9m-grant-to-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin /articles/project-to-redesign-clinical-trials-for-neurologic-conditions-for-underserved-populations-funded-with-2-9m-grant-to-uthealth-houston/?sc=rsin Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:10:48 EST In an effort to close the gap in neurological outcomes for underserved populations, a UTHealth Houston project funded with $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will engage community partners to improve the design of clinical trials. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/uthealth-houston-study-reveals-two-new-genes-associated-with-variants-linked-to-epilepsy-offering-new-hope-for-personalized-therapies/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-study-reveals-two-new-genes-associated-with-variants-linked-to-epilepsy-offering-new-hope-for-personalized-therapies/?sc=rsin Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:25:30 EST New research led by UTHealth Houston scientists uncovered two genes associated with variants linked to epilepsy, which showed specific traits that make them promising diagnostic biomarkers. The study was recently published in Nature Communications. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/zepbound-vs-wegovy-uthealth-houston-expert-weighs-in/?sc=rsin /articles/zepbound-vs-wegovy-uthealth-houston-expert-weighs-in/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:45:36 EST University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston /articles/uthealth-houston-study-funded-by-3-5m-nih-grant-holds-promise-for-advancing-shoulder-injury-treatments-for-young-athletes/?sc=rsin /articles/uthealth-houston-study-funded-by-3-5m-nih-grant-holds-promise-for-advancing-shoulder-injury-treatments-for-young-athletes/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:00:26 EST A new UTHealth Houston study focused on finding the best surgical technique for reconstruction of the acromioclavicular joint (ACJ), where the collarbone meets the shoulder blade, has the potential to enhance recovery and long-term shoulder health for young athletes. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston