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Sina Khorsandi, left, and Jacques Lux are two of the three co-founders of MusiQ Bio. [Photos: UT Southwestern]
Dallas Biotech Startup Lands $2.6M Grant to Fight Cancer
by John Egan | Sep 29, 2026
The grant, awarded to UT Southwestern biotech spinoff MusiQ Bio, could pave the way for human clinical trials of the startup’s proprietary cancer-fighting platform within five years.
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 30, 2026
Participants at the Pegasus Park event had 48 hours to turn early-stage concepts and functional prototypes into actionable solutions "to improve health outcomes, expand access, improve patient experience, and drive system-wide efficiency," Health Wildcatters said.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 1, 2026
A tower under construction at the new Moody Children’s Hospital in Dallas will be named Stephens Greth Tower in recognition of the gift, which is the fourth nine-figure gift given to the hospital project to date.
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Late-Night Snacking? UT Southwestern Researchers Pinpoint Brain Cells That May Be Driving It
by Quincy Preston | Oct 15, 2025
Researchers at UTSW identified a set of neurons in the "brain's timekeeper" that may drive nighttime snacking—and in mice, control up to 7% of body weight. The discovery could pave the way for new weight-loss strategies.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 18, 2025
UT Southwestern in Dallas will lead three liver cancer projects on prevention, recurrence, and immunotherapy. It joins Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson as a national NCI SPORE site, a program that moves discoveries into clinical trials.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 11, 2025
The discovery reveals why people may be more susceptible to infections at certain times of day—and could open new paths for cancer immunotherapy and infection treatments.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
Eric Olson has spent decades dedicated to what he calls “the biggest prize of all”: a cure for the devastating disease. Nearly half of the scientists awarded Columbia’s Horwitz Prize over the past 58 years went on to win a Nobel, UTSW said.
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Jacobs said the project comes as the pediatric population in North Texas is expected to double by 2050. [Rendering: Children's Health]
Jacobs Tapped to Guide $5B Pediatric Hospital Campus Project in Dallas
by Lance Murray | Aug 18, 2025
The Dallas-based firm will provide program management and oversee construction activity for the new medical campus from Children’s Health and UT Southwestern.
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by Maddie Preston |
Aug 8, 2025
The funding supports UT Arlington researcher Junzhou Huang, whose team recently ranked first in protein contact prediction and placed sixth overall in an international AI challenge competing against Google DeepMind, the University of Washington, and others.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2025
Using a new tool developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, researchers identified a gene that seems to be key in regulating food intake, offering a different pathway for potential obesity treatments.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 16, 2025
The protein—implicated in blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma—was decoded in near-atomic detail by UT Southwestern researchers, including Nobel Prize winner Bruce Beutler. In lab models, turning off midnolin wiped out up to 92% of cancer cells—with minimal impact on healthy ones, according to UT Southwestern.
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The same concept behind dental implants is helping amputees walk again. UT Southwestern surgeons used titanium implants to anchor Scott Bryson’s prosthetic limb.
This UT Southwestern Surgery Gave a North Texas Amputee a New Way to Walk—And a Promise to Keep
by Lance Murray | May 25, 2025
The Dallas-based medical center is one of just two in Texas offering osseointegration, a revolutionary implant technique that gives amputees better control, comfort—and for 50-year-old Scott Bryson, the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle.
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2025
To recognize the foundation's "record-breaking" support, the hospital at the new Dallas pediatric campus will be named Moody Children's Hospital upon completion in 2031.
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by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2025
A UT Southwestern study of blind fruit flies and mice reveals a brain-wide stress response, shedding light on the biological link between sensory loss and dementia.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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