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December 23, 2025

Loss of vitamin C synthesis protects animals from schistosomiasis

Agathocleous Lab, collaborators discover vitamin C deficiency can benefit animals by depriving vitamin from parasitic worms …

November 6, 2025

Zhu Lab shows location matters for liver cancer’s origins

Hepatocellular carcinoma arises primarily in zone 3 due to glutathione transferase genes that help…

Metabolism

November 6, 2025

DeBerardinis Lab discovers protein regulating balance between purine nucleotide production pathways

NUDT5 suppresses de novo purine biosynthesis through PPAT interaction, affects thiopurine sensitivity The protein…

April 2, 2020

CRI physician-scientist inducted into the Association of American Physicians

Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis, Professor at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), was …

March 27, 2020

CRI graduate student awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Award

Nicholas Lesner, a graduate student in Dr. Prashant Mishra’s lab, was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein …

March 18, 2020

Decoding the hidden genetic changes in human blood cancers

Mutations in certain DNA sequences known as noncoding regulatory regions have the ability to rewire how …

February 18, 2020

Meet Dr. Gerta Hoxhaj – CRI’s newest faculty member

Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) recently recruited Dr. Gerta Hoxhaj to become …

February 6, 2020

Cancer expert to discuss metabolism’s role in disease at UT Southwestern’s President’s Lecture Series

The metabolic pathways that allow cells to make and consume energy have been mapped out for …

February 4, 2020

Postdoctoral researcher receives Victorian Cancer Agency’s Early Career Research Fellowship

Dr. Aparna Rao, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis, received an Early …

January 23, 2020

Uncovering metabolic diversity in human lung cancer cells

Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have published the results …

January 14, 2020

American Society of Hematology selects Michalis Agathocleous to receive 2020 Scholar Award

Michalis Agathocleous, an assistant professor at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern, …

December 18, 2019

CRI scientists discover metabolic feature that allows melanoma cells to spread

Researchers at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have uncovered why certain melanoma …

Cancer Biology

October 22, 2019

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Loss of vitamin C synthesis protects animals from schistosomiasis

Zhu Lab shows location matters for liver cancer’s origins

DeBerardinis Lab discovers protein regulating balance between purine nucleotide production pathways

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CRI physician-scientist inducted into the Association of American Physicians

CRI graduate student awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Award

Decoding the hidden genetic changes in human blood cancers

Meet Dr. Gerta Hoxhaj – CRI’s newest faculty member

Cancer expert to discuss metabolism’s role in disease at UT Southwestern’s President’s Lecture Series

Postdoctoral researcher receives Victorian Cancer Agency’s Early Career Research Fellowship

Uncovering metabolic diversity in human lung cancer cells

American Society of Hematology selects Michalis Agathocleous to receive 2020 Scholar Award

CRI scientists discover metabolic feature that allows melanoma cells to spread

Dr. Hao Zhu appointed to Wildenthal Professorship in pediatric research

PDA presents Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis with mentoring award

CRI postdoctoral researcher receives Kidney Cancer Association’s 2019 Young Investigator Award

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