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... at UTHealth, is collaborating on the project with lead principal investigator Jean Jiang, Ph.D., the Ashbel Smith Professor at UT Health San Antonio and the associate director of the Joint Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program of UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas at San…
- Scientists win $6 million grant for breast cancer drug development
There are some drugs on the market for breast cancer bone metastasis, but more are needed, said Jiang, who is also the associate director of the Joint Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program of UT Health San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. “We do need to have a new drug…
- UTSA students dedicate winter break to hurricane relief
Several students and staff members from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will roll up their sleeves over break to help fellow Texans who are ... Maria Guerra Garcia, a biomedical engineering and neurobiology senior and first-generation Roadrunner originally from Monterrey, Nuevo…
- New Model for Zika Virus can Assist in Testing Vaccines and Treatments
Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio reveled on December 12, 2017 that they have developed an alternative animal model, which mimics key features of the Zika virus infection including its prolonged presence in body fluids. Acute infections in male marmosets resemble…