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Gene Editing Halts Damage in Mice After Heart Attacks in UT Southwestern Study
The figure shows cross-sections of mouse hearts with areas of damage in red. Treatment with virus-expressing CRISPR components reduces cardiac damage following ischemic injury.
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Consider risks and alternatives before deciding on LASIK surgery
UT Southwestern ophthalmologists use technology to personalize treatment as FDA urges doctors to provide more information on side effects
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Cooling Brain Tumor Cells Could Make Headway in Glioblastoma, UTSW Researcher Finds
Lowering temperatures to nonlethal levels stopped cancer cells from dividing in study led by resident
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Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
The goal of the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases is to come up with effective therapy and diagnosis for Alzheimer's and related disorders. We are studying neurodegeneration from the standpoint of prion biology and protein aggregation.
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The PROMISE of a Better Pediatric Radiation Experience
Treating the pediatric radiation oncology population has historically been difficult. Because it is imperative to have patients stay still during radiation treatment, general anesthesia is commonly used to facilitate radiation treatments in children, with most children age 7 and under receiving general anesthesia.
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New Technique Improves High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Brain Disorders
UT Southwestern physicians have developed an improved targeting method, four-tract tractography, to personalize MRI-guided, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used at UTSW to treat medication refractory tremor in essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease.
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Riding the Wave to Memory-forming Genetics
UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories. The findings, published online this week in Nature Neuroscience, could eventually be used to develop novel therapies for people with memory loss disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
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Laser Procedure Offers Advantages For Rare Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Using a laser for a rare brain surgery to treat drop seizures, which cause a child with epilepsy to suddenly fall, holds some advantages over a traditional open craniotomy, including shorter hospital stays for patients, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers indicates.
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Flexible Assemblies of Nerve Cells Key to Episodic Memory
For the first time, scientists have recorded human nerve cells firing together in flexible assemblies, a process that appears necessary to successfully encode long-term memories, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers reports.
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New Drug Combination Offers Hope for Improved Treatment of Cervical Cancer
A new combination of drugs slowed the growth of cancer cells by an unexpected mechanism that may one day lead to improved treatment of cervical cancer, a UT Southwestern-led study published in Molecular Cancer Research suggests.
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Gut Microbes May Lead to Therapies for Mental Illness, UTSW Researcher Reports
Scientists unraveling links between microbiome, brain health.
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UTSW Psychosis Project to Test Intensive, Early Stage Treatment
This spring, the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute will launch a program that focuses on treating psychoses at the earliest stages, potentially transforming the way people with these disorders function in society – and improving their quality of life.