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September 28, 2023

Researchers uncover why a gene mutant causes young children to have strokes

Written By: Jeannette Sanchez | Updated: September 28, 2023
A discovery of a mutation in the gene ACTA2 has given researchers, led by Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, with UTHealth Houston, insight into understanding the cause of a rare and progressive problem with arteries in the brain and a cause of strokes in young children, called moyamoya disease.
September 27, 2023

UTHealth Houston receives $2.5 million to transform knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder

Written By: Halle Jones | Updated: September 27, 2023
A $2.5 million grant for the transformation of knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder has been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²).
September 20, 2023

At the Bedside: New focal therapies at UTHealth Houston make prostate cancer treatment easier on patients

Written By: Deborah Mann Lake | Updated: September 20, 2023
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 11 years ago, Morton McPhail, now 73, became one of them. Fortunately, time was on his side.
September 18, 2023

UTHealth Houston study: Artificial intelligence software improves endovascular thrombectomy treatment times for stroke patients

Written By: Caitie Barkley | Updated: September 18, 2023
The implementation of artificial intelligence-powered large vessel occlusion (LVO) detection software for acute stroke triage can improve endovascular thrombectomy treatment times, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
September 14, 2023

American Heart Association’s ASA adopts Spanish-language R.A.P.I.D.O. acronym for stroke awareness created by Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Written By: Deborah Mann Lake | Updated: September 14, 2023
R.Á.P.I.D.O., a culturally relevant acronym created under the leadership of Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston to raise awareness of stroke signs in the Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino community and save lives, has been adopted by the American Stroke Association (ASA), the organization announced today.
September 12, 2023

UTHealth Houston researcher to present abstract detailing new mouse model for brain arteriovenous malformations at NIH meeting

Written By: Caitie Barkley | Updated: September 12, 2023
An abstract unveiling a new mouse model for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) developed by UTHealth Houston researchers has been selected for a poster presentation at the second annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Investigator Meeting for Interoception Research in November.
September 12, 2023

$3.3 million grant awarded to UTHealth Houston to develop diagnostic test for rapidly increasing congenital syphilis

Written By: Jeannette Sanchez | Updated: September 12, 2023
A five-year, $3.3 million grant to develop a molecular diagnostic test for congenital syphilis has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health.
August 16, 2023

Several vaccines associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease in adults 65 and older

Written By: Caitie Barkley | Updated: August 16, 2023
Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
August 11, 2023

UTHealth Houston joins SATURN trial, studying role of statins in recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage

Written By: Caitie Barkley | Updated: August 11, 2023
A clinical trial evaluating the role of statins in the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients presenting with ICH, has opened for enrollment at UTHealth Houston.
August 8, 2023

UTHealth Houston researcher awarded $3.1M NIH grant to study sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Written By: Caitie Barkley | Updated: August 8, 2023
A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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