UT Southwestern Selected Among Best Employers For Women By Forbes

DALLAS – July 29, 2021 – Forbes and Statista have selected UT Southwestern among the top 40 Best Employers for Women 2021.
29-Jul-2021 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Fighting Off Food Poisoning Depends on The Time Of Day

DALLAS – July 28, 2021 – The body’s ability to prevent food poisoning by producing a natural antimicrobial compound increases during the day, when exposure to noxious bacteria is most likely, a new study by UT Southwestern scientists suggests....
28-Jul-2021 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UT Southwestern Among Top 25 in Nation in Eight Specialties Ranked By U.S. News ‘Best Hospitals’

UT Southwesternonce again is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the nation’s fourth-largest metro area – among 132 regional hospitals and second in Texas among 566 hospitals for the fifth consecutive year. The recognition comes...
28-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Structural Biology Provides Long-Sought Solution to Innate Immunity Puzzle

UT Southwestern researchers report the first structural confirmation that endogenous – or self-made – molecules can set off innate immunity in mammals via a pair of immune cell proteins called the TLR4−MD-2 receptor complex. The work has...
22-Jul-2021 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Find Immune Component to Rare Neurodegenerative Disease

UT Southwestern researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C. The finding, made in mouse models and published online in Nature, could offer a powerful new therapeutic...
21-Jul-2021 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

In Memoriam: Dr. Jere Mitchell Helped Lay Foundations of Exercise Physiology, Changed Medical Practice on Bed Rest

Jere Mitchell, M.D., former director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center and an internationally recognized exercise physiologist whose seminal findings on maximal oxygen uptake changed conventional medical practice on...
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UT Southwestern Scientists Closing in on Map of The Mammalian Immune System

Using artificial intelligence, UT Southwestern scientists have identified thousands of genetic mutations likely to affect the immune system in mice. The work is part of one Nobel laureate’s quest to find virtually all such variations in mammals.
6-Jul-2021 5:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Cardio Health Decline Tied to Midlife Wealth

DALLAS – June 30, 2021 – A relative decline in wealth during midlife increases the likelihood of a cardiac event or heart disease after age 65 while an increase in wealth between ages 50 and 64 is associated with lower cardiovascular risk,...
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