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Protein pivotal for B-cell cancers gets a closer look

Jun 09, 2025

Using a cutting-edge imaging technology known as cryo-electron microscopy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined the structure of a protein called midnolin that’s crucial to the survival of malignant cells in some leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myelomas.

Using a cutting-edge imaging technology known as cryo-electron microscopy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined the structure of a protein called midnolin that’s crucial to the survival of malignant cells in some leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myelomas.

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UTSW scientists link another gene to obesity

Jun 05, 2025

Using a tool called Automated Meiotic Mapping (AMM) that was developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a team of researchers has identified a gene that appears to be key for regulating food intake.

Using a tool called Automated Meiotic Mapping (AMM) that was developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a team of researchers has identified a gene that appears to be key for regulating food intake.

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Study uncovers how biomolecular condensates cause some kidney cancers

Jun 04, 2025

A genetic mutation that fuses two genes drives several different cancer types by forming networks of protein interactions that alter gene expression in cells, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.

A genetic mutation that fuses two genes drives several different cancer types by forming networks of protein interactions that alter gene expression in cells, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.

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Scientists identify protein that heightens neurodegenerative disease

May 29, 2025

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a gene that appears to act as a master control switch for reactive gliosis, a prominent feature of many neurodegenerative diseases that is thought to contribute to their pathology.

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a gene that appears to act as a master control switch for reactive gliosis, a prominent feature of many neurodegenerative diseases that is thought to contribute to their pathology.

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UT Southwestern biochemist elected to U.K.’s Royal Society

May 20, 2025

Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Center for Inflammation Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Center for Inflammation Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

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Six Nobel Prize recipients since 1985

Alumni Nobel Laureates include Joseph Goldstein and Linda Buck.

14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
Best Hospital in DFW UT Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital has been ranked No. 1 in Dallas-Fort Worth for eight straight years.
$716 million per year to fund faculty research

Faculty Awards & Honors

25 National Academy of Sciences
24 National Academy of Medicine
14 American Academy of Arts and Sciences