Cork tree bark to fight prostate cancer

In the fight against aggressive prostate cancer, researchers are
discovering that what’s old is new again. Cork tree bark, an herbal
remedy that’s been around for centuries, is being studied as a way to
shrink prostate tumors.

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Dr. Venticinque invents device to protect health care workers from COVID-19

After seeing colleagues use bulky, makeshift hoods made out of
plexi-glass for protection while treating coronavirus-infected patients,
Dr. Steven Venticinque thought he could come up with a better shield.

Results published of remdesivir, COVID-19 trial    

San Antonio patients with severe COVID-19 lung disease contributed to an international study published May 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study outlined preliminary results of the recent Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial, conducted partly in San Antonio, testing a new anti-viral drug called remdesivir.

Coronavirus makes changes that cause cells not to recognize it

With an alarm code, we can enter a building without bells going off.
It turns out that the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has the same
advantage entering cells. It possesses the code to waltz right in. On July 24 in Nature Communications, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San
Antonio) reported how the coronavirus achieves this.