The federal government is looking for researchers who can, in five years, develop stem cell treatments to repair brain damage caused by stroke, neurodegeneration, and trauma, reports Medscape. UTMB’s Dr. Brent Masel spoke to the outlet about the initiative and said five years seemed “very, very ambitious.”

“Standard lab assays don’t capture the physical forces acting on blood inside constricted arteries,” UTMB’s Dr. Misbahud Din tells Dawn. The publication featured UTMB’s Din and Dr. Yunfeng Chen and their research into how physicians assess a patient’s risk of arterial blood clots.

UTMB’s Dr. Stephen B. Williams spoke to Renal + Urology News for a story on trial findings show that the NeuroSAFE technique leads to a significant improvement in patient-reported erectile function scores and early urinary continence scores compared with standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. “For experienced centers with access to high-quality pathology support, NeuroSAFE may shift the paradigm for function-preserving prostate cancer surgery,” Williams said.

“Declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, measles has returned not because the virus has changed, but because we have,” writes Dr. Jarrel De Matas in a guest column for the Daily News. It’s a crisis not of misinformation but of meaning, he writes, and what’s need are better storytellers.

Eleven UTMB staff and students have been included in the 2025 “40 Under 40” list created annually by The Galveston County Daily News. This year’s honorees were profiled in a special publication in the July 16 edition of The Daily News.

A growing body of research suggests human connection is critical “in fostering recovery, improving well-being, and building resilience for individuals facing mental health challenges,” writes Dr. Hasan Yasin in his Daily News column.

“Every measles outbreak is a failure of public health infrastructure and public trust,” Dr. Scott C. Weaver says in a statement by the Global Virus Network. The GVN, a worldwide coalition of virology centers of excellence, calls for the vaccination of unvaccinated children and adults, stronger public health messaging, improved outbreak surveillance and focused efforts in underserved communities.