Studies show brain activity patterns influence effect of antidepressants The psychiatry field has long sought answers to explain why antidepressants help only some people. Is a patient’s rec... Read more
Investigators used artificial intelligence to identify top 10 variables that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, future heart failure among patients living with diabetes Heart failu... Read more
UTSW researchers neutralize genetic risk factor found in 50 to 80 percent of human cases UT Southwestern researchers have succeeded in neutralizing what they believe is a primary factor in l... Read more
It sounds too good to be true, but a novel approach that might allow you to eat as much as you want without gaining weight could be a reality in the near future. When a single gene known as... Read more
Team joins national network focused on neurodegenerative disorders Scientists who recently identified the molecular start of Alzheimer’s disease have used that finding to determine that it s... Read more
A DNA vaccine tested in mice reduces accumulation of both types of toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to research that scientists say may pave the way to a clinica... Read more
A micropeptide molecule that reverses structural and functional changes in the heart could be a promising target for gene therapy. Researchers have discovered a micropeptide molecule that ca... Read more
UT Southwestern researchers today report the first use of CRISPR genome-wide screening to identify a gene that helps cells resist flavivirus infection. That nasty class of pathogens includes... Read more
Scientists for the first time have used CRISPR gene editing to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a large mammal, according to a study by UT Southwestern that provi... Read more
Building on two decades of research, investigators at UT Southwestern have determined that “cellular housekeeping” can extend the lifespan and healthspan of mammals. A study jointly led by D... Read more
A first-of-its-kind drug targeting a fused gene found in many types of cancer was effective in 93 percent of pediatric patients tested, researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center... Read more
Groundbreaking discoveries regarding the onset of cholera are paving the way for a future, fast-acting antidote for cholera epidemics, according to research published in the journals PLOS Pa... Read more
