UTMB Researchers found significant geographic and economic disparities in travel time to specialized burn treatment facilities across the United States.
Bukreyev is leading the new UTMB Center for Nucleic Acid Technologies with a vision for turning scientific discoveries into treatments.
The “frustration brake failure” hypothesis suggests frustration may play an important role in substance use disorders alongside craving, impulsivity, and habit.
New publication outlines a patient-centered framework connecting brain health, innovation, and better health outcomes.
A UTMB family medicine physician is helping reshape how healthcare addresses social needs. New research explores surprising paradoxes in social care — and why embracing complexity could lead to better outcomes for patients and providers.
Investigational agent makes cancerous tissue light up during surgery, potentially helping neurosurgeons distinguish tumors from healthy brain tissue.
New Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship will train doctors to care for patients in exploration environments as human spaceflight continues to expand.
A UTMB-led study found that people with Type 2 diabetes may remain at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and death despite treatment. Elevated suPAR levels identified patients with persistent inflammation and higher cardiovascular risk.
New studies identify a vaccine design strategy that strengthens immune memory and could improve protection against HIV, influenza, and other difficult-to-prevent diseases.
The Center for Correctional Healthcare Excellence at UTMB is advancing research, innovation, education, and clinical care for one of the nation’s most medically vulnerable populations.
Community-based Geri-Fit classes were linked to healthier cholesterol levels, better mobility, and greater independence among older adults.
Researchers urge early recognition and treatment as murine typhus continues to reemerge along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The findings suggest the vaccines trigger multiple layers of immune protection and could help advance the development of more effective plague vaccines.
The recommendation follows an extensive site visit in June that evaluated all aspects of the institution's animal research program, including veterinary care, facilities, safety programs, regulatory oversight, and research operations.
The Bombali strain caused classic Ebola symptoms in laboratory models, yet a full survival rate revealed how the body can fight back. By showing how a less lethal strain can be cleared without fatal organ failure, the findings offer a potential blueprint for future therapies.
By redesigning how cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is managed and streamlining the clinical workflow, average scan times dropped by 35.1% over seven months — from 94.7 minutes down to 61.4 minutes at UTMB Health.
UTMB researchers have found that combining cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with education about managing hot flashes significantly improved sleep in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women whose nighttime hot flashes disrupted rest.
UTMB is leading the next generation of agricultural biosecurity by combining artificial intelligence with laboratory science to detect biological threats faster, protect producers, safeguard the food supply, and strengthen national security.
A common tropical disease may hold a surprising secret: why recovery doesn’t always mean protection. New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) uncovers how different strains of scrub typhus can disrupt the immune system, shedding light on why reinfection may be more likely than once believed.
Global leaders in neuroscience, public policy, economics, and healthcare announced the launch of the Nature Medicine Commission on Brain Health for Economic Resilience on Wednesday during the second and closing day of the Texas Brain Economy Summit at TMC3 in the Texas Medical Center in Houston.