Research and Progress
Texas Public Radio: Diagnosing CTE before death
December 4, 2024
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a rare neurodegenerative disease that develops in people who have many years of hits to the head. We often hear about CTE in former football players, but it can also occur in rodeo riders, soldiers, or someone who has experienced years of intimate partner violence. According to Jeremy Tanner, MD, assistant […]
UT Health San Antonio finds higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia
September 23, 2024
New research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body weight, is associated with better signal-transmitting brain white matter in middle-aged adults, according to a study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). “The findings support the […]
UT Health San Antonio finds genetic risk-factor overlap between Alzheimer’s disease, and all-cause and vascular dementias
September 23, 2024
Researchers achieve largest-ever genome-wide association study of its kind In landmark research, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have reported the largest-ever genome-wide association study of dementia from all causes, revealing an overlap of genetic risks including neurodegeneration, vascular factors and cerebral small-vessel disease. Genome-wide […]
KRGV-TV: Medical Breakthroughs: New device helping patients diagnosed with dystonia
September 3, 2024
Okeanis Vaou, MD, associate professor and chief of the movement disorders division in the Department of Neurology, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is featured in this KRGV-TV report about the university’s doctors implanting the first rechargeable, sensing deep brain stimulation […]
Antiretroviral drug used to prevent HIV or hepatitis B shows promise for Alzheimer’s disease treatment in early clinical trials
August 7, 2024
A pilot study led by scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows promise for people with mild cognitive changes treated with lamivudine, a Food and Drug Administration-approved antiretroviral drug. The study reveals significant improvement in neurodegeneration and inflammation. Lamivudine is an antiviral medicine that prevents […]
Antiretroviral drug shows potential for Alzheimer’s disease treatment in early clinical trials
July 31, 2024
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, led a pilot study of the Food and Drug Administration-approved antiretroviral drug lamivudine, to determine if it could be a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Almost half of what makes up the human genome are mysterious […]
Fastest-rising U.S. institutions for research output – UT Health Science Center San Antonio ranks 6th in top 10 nationally
July 2, 2024
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been rated No. 6 on the top 10 list of fastest-rising United States institutions for research output ranked by Nature Index in May 2024. The UT Health Science Center San Antonio outpaced in biological sciences research output with a 52.6% increase in adjusted research output share from […]
Research finds causal evidence tying cerebral small-vessel disease to Alzheimer’s, dementia
June 21, 2024
Research led by in part by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) finds that the most common cerebral small-vessel disease feature seen in brain magnetic resonance imaging is a primary vascular factor associated with dementia risk. Results of the major international study emphasize the significance of that […]
San Antonio Express News: UT Health San Antonio plans $100 million research tower to focus on cancer, aging, diabetes, obesity
June 11, 2024
UT Health San Antonio to build a $100 million science tower to further advance research on cancer, aging, brain disease, diabetes and obesity. Read the article at ExpressNews.com.
Construction of Center for Brain Health more than a third complete
April 19, 2024
Construction on the $100 million Center for Brain Health, a new patient care and clinical trials facility of UT Health San Antonio, is now about 35% complete, with full completion expected by September 2025 and an anticipated opening in December 2025. The Center for Brain Health — located at 4940 Charles Katz Drive — is […]