Breakthrough Discovery & Innovation Across the Institution
UT Health San Antonio is the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country. The interdisciplinary basic and clinical research across the institution's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate) is the chief catalyst of the $37 billion health care and biosciences sector of the city.
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Researcher Resources
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Research by School
Top Stories
UT Health diabetes breakthrough increases insulin-producing cells
A potential cure for Type 1 diabetes looms on the horizon in San Antonio, and the novel approach would also allow Type 2 diabetics to stop insulin shots. The discovery, made at The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio, increases the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin.
UT Health going national to train providers in PTSD therapies
UT Health San Antonio is going national in 2018 with an initiative aimed at training military- and veteran-serving community mental health providers in evidence-based treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Diabetes, infectious diseases early focus of San Antonio BioMed Plan
A study commissioned by a San Antonio bioscience advocacy group and local economic development officials is calling for the city to place additional focus on initiatives that recruit high-profile biotech executives to the Alamo City, bring in more young researchers, and further develop the healthcare IT industry.
Cancer fighting, healthy recipies
In 2015, researchers at UT Health San Antonio decided to try out a theory. If breast cancer survivors adopted a diet high in anti-inflammatory ingredients such as ginger, turmeric, garlic, green tea and deep-sea fish, and low in inflammatory ingredients such as processed foods and sugars, red meat and fatty foods, they believed the risk of cancer recurrence would decrease.
Milestones
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Helped develop the world's first stent (Palmaz Stent), used to treat blood vessel blockages
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Discovered how to increase the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin with potential to cure Type 1 diabetes
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Invented the EZ-IO to rapidly infuse fluids into the bone marrow cavities of patients in shock
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Discovered a link between finasteride and prevention of prostate cancer in men
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One of two universities nationwide with a Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Claude D. Pepper, and a Nathan Shock Center