The experimental therapy is designed to activate the immune system's ability to not only recognize and destroy cancer cells, but to remember them, so the body continues to attack tumors between treatments.

On Friday at the hospital’s conference center, seven donors met seven patients whose lives they transformed.

A UT Health San Antonio researcher is working to map the nerves involved in jaw pain as part of a federally funded consortium aimed at developing the first targeted, non-opioid treatment for chronic pain, research he hopes will give millions of suffering Americans their lives back and ultimately reverse or even prevent pain in the first place.

UT Health San Antonio has launched a new Center for Excellence in Diabetes to advance treatment and work toward a cure for a disease that impacts about one in six people in San Antonio. The center will bring together clinicians, researchers and trainees to better understand the wide range of symptoms and complications of diabetes that can vary from patient to patient.

Around 30% of boys diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy also experience cognitive dysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD. A UT Health San Antonio neuroscientist is doing research he hopes will uncover what is causing these deficits and how they might be treated.

A heavily mutated COVID-19 variant called "Cicada" has caught the attention of public health experts, who warn that the differences in its spike protein may allow it to slip past existing immunity, including protection from current vaccines.

A group of scientists with the University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that a potential chemotherapy drug was causing an immune response that usually occurs in response to viral infections.

When hospital patients have trouble breathing, respiratory therapists often reach for Albuterol, but a San Antonio researcher thinks it may be overused. He and his students are measuring patient response to the drug, hoping to bring more evidence-based medicine to respiratory care.

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

Whole milk is back in school lunches, but millions of American kids can’t easily digest it. Pediatric dietitian Marina Chaparro breaks down the science and offers ideas to help families make sure their kids get the nutrition they need, no matter what’s in the carton.