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  • Local LGBT Candidates Look Toward Primary Election

    He received a Masters of Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio and was an adjunct faculty member at San Antonio College for seven years. His career includes stints at Southwest Analytical Concepts, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the Texas Commission on Alcohol…

  • An experimental acne drug just failed two key clinical trials — and the stock's getting obliterated ...

    Dermatology biotech Dermira said on Monday that its experimental drug to treat acne failed two key clinical trials. Dermira was studying the drug in kids over 9 ... San Antonio Express-News; Arrest made on mysterious death of Trinity University cheerleader's... San Antonio Express-News; Lines…

  • City Council needs independent research agency

    San Antonio is a city in transition. After years of being summed up simply as a sleepy, blue-collar town, the Alamo City has come into its own as a leader in several key industries — from manufacturing, to bioscience, to cybersecurity and information technology. We are a city on the rise, and a…

  • Two Years After Near-Fatal Burns, Marty Wender Thanks 'Medical City'

    Long before health care and bioscience became a $37 billion San Antonio industry, Charles Martin Wender – “Marty” to his friends – emerged as a strong, vocal supporter. A prominent real estate developer, Wender served on the boards of the San Antonio Medical Foundation and the University of…

  • What Silicon Valley is doing to make humans live longer

    Other companies like Unity Biosciences is working on finding those senescent cells in your body and destroying them. So cells will grow and they'll stop growing so they don't become cancerous and it's called senescence. But when those cells start becoming inflammatory, they can damage your body…