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January 23, 2018February 8, 2018  by Lety Laurel

Spice it up

A little ginger, nutmeg, turmeric and cinnamon can go a long way toward improving your health. A new cookbook aims to help you live longer.

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Jean Jiang, Ph.D., stands in a lab.
January 23, 2018January 23, 2018  by sansom

Deal targets breast cancer, spinal cord injury treatments

UT Health San Antonio has entered into a landmark licensing deal to develop new treatments for breast cancer and spinal cord injuries.

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researcher writing DNA code.
January 23, 2018January 23, 2018  by sansom

Fine-tuning cancer therapies

The best way to treat a cancer is to understand it. Researchers have added to the understanding of a broad swath of cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia and brain cancer.

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January 23, 2018January 24, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

Stop breast cancer in its tracks

Researchers are developing a new, first-in-class agent that has stopped the growth of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in its tracks.

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Ruben Mesa, MD
January 23, 2018February 5, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

Cancer center director named

Ruben A. Mesa, M.D., was named director of the UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center.

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January 23, 2018January 23, 2018  by contributor

A boost in the fight against cancer

Cancer prevention programs and faculty recruitment initiatives got a $3.5 million boost from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.

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Anand Karnad, M.D. hugging patient
June 7, 2017May 10, 2024  by contributor

Essay: House call

Caring for people who have cancer does not stop when treatments stop. Anand Karnad, M.D., chief of hematology and medical oncology, shares the value of a house call.

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June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by sansom

Beware what you eat

Rates of liver cancer continue to be high for Latinos. Contaminated food may be to blame.

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roads merge
June 7, 2017January 22, 2018  by Rosanne Fohn

It takes two

Two weeks is all it took for deadly, late-stage head and neck tumors to shrink in mouse models. The cause: a combination of two targeted treatments already approved by the FDA.

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Tara Rojas-Padron places a flower on the gravesite during the burial of ashes ceremony
January 1, 2017January 22, 2018  by feistj

The dead teach the living

Above a double doorway at the end of a hallway, a wooden sign announces in Latin, “Mortui Vivos Docent.” It’s here that the dead teach the living.

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