The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Leadbetter, Elizabeth
Funded by
NIH-ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Obesity is a critical global epidemic, a leading cause of preventable death, and a source of skyrocketing healthcare costs. Currently more than two thirds of US adults are overweight and at least one third are consideredobese.
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Boyer, Thomas G
Funded by
NIH-CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Collaborating Institutions
Chicago
Uterine leiomyomas (LM; fibroids) are monoclonal neoplasms of the myometrium (MM) and represent themost frequent tumors in women worldwide. Although benign, they nonetheless account for significantgynecologic and reproductive dysfunction.
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Ruparel, Shivani B.
Funded by
NIH-DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
Numerous studies have indicated that pain is the top ranked symptom in head and neck cancer (HNC)patients. However, available treatments are limited and associated with severe side effects addingsubstantially to the burden of having cancer. Thus, there is a critical need for novel analgesics.
