A team of UTHealth Houston researchers slowed and even reversed diabetic nerve damage in mice, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a treatment for humans.
In addition to being professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Jack Tsai, PhD, is the founding editor-in-chief of an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest mental health research, whic has earned an impact factor score of 9.1 this year.
UTHealth Houston researchers have been awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Initiative fund to identify possible biomarkers and mechanisms underlying perioperative neurocognitive disorder in older adults.
A team of UTHealth Houston researchers has been awarded a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to create an individualized, biomarker-guided therapy program that aims to mitigate the risk factors of schizophrenia among children who are at a high risk of developing the condition.
The center was established in 2021 as a developmental center in partnership with UTHealth Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Researchers affiliated with UTHealth Houston, competing under the team name Novamab AI, placed among the top five teams in the international AIntibody Challenge, a blinded, prospective benchmark published in Nature Biotechnology .
New research from UTHealth Houston found firefighters experience measurable biological changes in their blood and urine within 24 hours of fighting a fire–changes that may help identify early cancer risk, the leading cause of death among firefighters.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health received an $8.5 million, five-year grant to strengthen education, research, and training for the next generation of professionals dedicated to protecting workers' health and safety.
August's Paper of the Month highlights research by student Mo-Fan (Elena) Huang and collaborators at UT MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, who combined artificial intelligence and stem cell biology to develop an optimized approach to producing mature, functional liver cells while identifying key genetic regulators that drive liver development. Published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry , the study could improve disease modeling, drug testing, and regenerat
Researchers have created the most complete genetic profile of the brown rat to date, according to a UTHealth Houston-led team, paving the way for scientists to more accurately research the genetic links to conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, and stroke.
Clinicians at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry have published new research examining changes in adverse event reports associated with oral appliances used to treat obstructive sleep apnea and snoring.
