THX mice can be used to study anything that requires a vigorous human immune response, from cancer medications to vaccines and organ transplantation. The mice were created at UT Health San Antonio using human stem cells, but what makes them unique is they also received a dose of estrogen. This is the critical point, according to Dr. Paolo Casali, t…

Shivani Ruparel, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio, and her team are working on potential analgesics to help mitigate cancer pain.Por Bonnie Petrie

The chemical cross-communication between the guts and other organs that occurs when a person metabolizes nutrients begins before we open our mouths, when we see or smell food. The answer to why some people develop obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders, and why some people respond so well to medicines like Ozempic, might lie in those sign…

For at least a year after being infected with the COVID virus, people may be at increased risk of developing a new heart-related problem. Those problems can range from blood clots to arrythmias to a sudden, catastrophic heart attack. In this episode of Petrie Dish, Bonnie Petrie talks with a Harvard cardiologist about why this can happen, and how t…

New research from UT Health San Antonio finds a link between obstructive sleep apnea and persistent pain, suggesting that the intermittant lack of oxygen caused by apnea decreases a person's ability to recover from painful stimuli.Por Bonnie Petrie

Millions of Americans are suffering from undiagnosed illnesses. Many are told their symptoms are imagined. Could artificial intelligence change the game, figuring out how to diagnose rare and difficult to diagnose diseases, leading to better understanding of their causes and better treatments? One San Antonio researcher thinks so.…

A new medication to treat schizophrenia has been developed by scientists who discovered that a neuron that inhibits the activity of other cells may be in short supply in those with the disorder.Por Bonnie Petrie

The World Health Organization is again warning the world about mpox, declaring an outbreak in central Africa.Por Bonnie Petrie

UT Health San Antonio Speech-Language Pathology program graduate students are helping local kids at risk for developing a language disorder through a program called LAUNCH. Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, is the director of clinical education and an assistant professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sci…

A digital tool that uses artificial intelligence to analyze speech patterns could help doctors detect dementia in patients when other signs and symptoms are not perceptible.

Up to two percent of Texans have epilepsy. Dr. Charles Szabo at UT Health San Antonio has developed an epilepsy surgery program and is leading groundbreaking research and clinical trials that offer hope to those with the seizure disorder who don't respond to existing medications.Por Bonnie Petrie

People who eat a strict keto diet are at risk for an accumulation of aged cells in their organs, but taking intermittent breaks from the diet can prevent these detrimental effects.Por Bonnie Petrie

Adam Salmon, PhD, studies aging in marmosets. He and his team recently concluded that an immunosuppressant called rapamycin extends the lifespan of marmosets. This has significant implications for the study of aging in humans.Por Bonnie Petrie

At the scene of an emergency, a flurry of decisions must be made. A new AI tool called the iRemedyAct could expedite processes of care during health emergencies.Por Bonnie Petrie

David Morilak, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and director of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience at UT Health San Antonio, studies rats in an effort to understand the characteristics of stressful events that can lead to PTSD in humans.Por Bonnie Petrie

Physical exercise impacts every type of tissue in the body and affects males and females differently. Data gathered at UT Health San Antonio. It’s part of a nationwide, multi-site study on exercise and the human body.Por Bonnie Petrie

UT Health San Antonio Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine Dr. Monica Verduzco-Guttierrez, has helped craft a universal definition for long COVID, a cluster of sometimes disabling symptoms that occur after someone has recovered from COVID-19.Por Bonnie Petrie

Pelvic health disorders can disrupt women's quality of life. The conditions might be considered common and inevitable, but they should not be ignored.Por Bonnie Petrie

New COVID variants have emerged as dominant strains as summer begins. They're called FLiRT variants because of their unique mutations.Por Bonnie Petrie

The Rural Cohort Study is bringing the lab right to the often isolated communities they want to research.Por Bonnie Petrie

Plants-2-Plate is a six-month program that helps people adopt a whole food, plant-based diet.Por Bonnie Petrie

How do we do that with a virus that can change as rapidly as the flu?Por Bonnie Petrie

For months, we’ve been sharing with you all the ways that scientific discoveries at UT Health San Antonio have and will change lives. Now the university has added a team member it hopes will increase that impact.Por Bonnie Petrie

People with concussions get checked out pretty thoroughly by their doctors, but for some, there are cognitive changes and deficits that doctors don’t pick up.Por Bonnie Petrie

'Most people think carcinomatosis is a death sentence, but there are different treatment modalities that I offer to patients. And that's something that is pretty unique to UT Health San Antonio,' said Dr. Mio Kitano, a surgical oncologist.Por Bonnie Petrie

Caregivers for members of the military and veterans experience depression at a higher rate than any other group in the nation and that can be lethal.Por Bonnie Petrie

Be Well Texas is revolutionizing how substance use disorder is treated in Texas.Por Bonnie Petrie

TRC4 is a collaborative at UT Health San Antonio in partnership with the Department of Defense and the entire UT System to address an urgent need for improved trauma care both on the battlefield and at home.Por Bonnie Petrie

It’s been more than four years since COVID changed our lives, and scientists are still trying to figure out why this novel coronavirus makes some people so sick, and others never get it.Por Bonnie Petrie

Blood flow restriction ahead of surgery could be key.Por Bonnie Petrie

For the last five years, first responders all over the world have been watching San Antonio.Por Bonnie Petrie

One of the handiest tools in our immune system is an enzyme called apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide — better known as APOBECs.Por Bonnie Petrie

UT Health San Antonio oncologist Josephine Taverna envisions a revolution in lung cancer treatment.Por Bonnie Petrie

Imagine going to the eye doctor and getting a cheap, non-invasive test that could help you fight dementia. A doctor at UT Health San Antonio is working on it.Por Bonnie Petrie

Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., Ph.D., is an endodontist, the branch of dentistry that deals with the innermost part of the tooth called pulp, a connective tissue that has immunological, reparative functions.Por Bonnie Petrie

The journey began with the story of the Spanish boar that saved Castro’s life.Por Bonnie Petrie

Imagine one day your child bites down on something and the enamel on one of their teeth starts to crumble. That can happen in a condition called molar incisor hypomineralization — otherwise known as chalky teeth.Por Bonnie Petrie

More than six-million American adults are experiencing heart failure right now.Por Bonnie Petrie

Cancer care is about to experience a silver tsunami.Por Bonnie Petrie

If you’re experiencing chronic pain, adjusting your diet might help.Por Bonnie Petrie

Loneliness and social isolation can make you as sick as obesity or 15 cigarettes a day.Por Bonnie Petrie

COVID’s winter wave has blanketed the nation, along with flu. After a brief decline, hospitalizations for both COVID and flu have increased again in Texas.Por Bonnie Petrie

When people think about things they can do to stay healthy, they don’t think about their teeth nearly enough.Por Bonnie Petrie

It’s a big moment, when someone — often dad — cuts a newborn’s umbilical cord. But before you cut it, you clamp it to stop blood flow, and UT Health San Antonio is involved in a study that’s trying to determine whether when you clamp the cord matters in babies with congenital heart disease.Por Bonnie Petrie

When Bruce Willis, an action movie star known for his way with words, started to lose his language skills, it made news. He had aphasia.Por Bonnie Petrie

“No study had been funded to really look at the needs of our Latino cancer survivors. We're the first study to be doing this," said Dr. Amelie Ramirez, chair of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio. "And they are so grateful to us because they said, 'nobody's bothered to ask me about my cancer journey.'”…

Do you ever think about all that’s involved in just swallowing a bit of breakfast taco or a sip of coffee?Por Bonnie Petrie

Selina Morgan holds a doctorate in physical therapy, a board certification in neurological physical therapy, and is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at UT Health San Antonio. She believes that there are thousands of people out there in wheelchairs who don’t have to be.Por Bonnie Petrie

What does the science say about ice baths and cold plunges? TPR's Bioscience and Medicine reporter Bonnie Petrie 'dives in'Por Bonnie Petrie