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AI chatbots can expand access to mental health care, but UT Dallas researchers say human connection still matters.

A recent study from UT Dallas is exploring a common family routine — mealtime. With toddlers, certain factors can make meals a bit calmer.

The goal is to better understand Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome, allowing scientists to develop treatment options.

With millions expected to travel to North Texas for the FIFA World Cup, researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington said it could offer valuable insight into how big events effect air quality. As the region grows, one researcher said that insight could help local officials make decisions about how they try to improve air quality.

Starting this fall, UNT Health Fort Worth will offer a new pharmaceutical sciences PhD program — the first of its kind in North Texas. The school said the new program could help address workforce needs as the life sciences and research and development industries continue to grow in the region.

More than half of Texas adults have experienced physical violence in their lifetime, according to the first comprehensive statewide survey. The Texas Violence Experiences Survey also found economic shocks, like eviction and loss of employment, have a strong correlation with recent experiences of violence.

A nonprofit advocacy and research organization launched a new research collaborative focused on addressing the high rate of preterm births. UT Southwestern in Dallas and UT Medical Branch in Galveston are part of the new Texas research collaborative. The Texas Collaborative marks the organization’s sixth Prematurity Research Center.

Researchers hope data out of Texas will raise awareness about a type of infection commonly spread through kissing bugs. It’s part of an effort to recognize Chagas Disease as endemic in the U.S.

Texas Senate Bill 5 would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Voters would be asked this fall to approve $3 billion for a decade of funding.

The research team behind the discovery has filed a patent in anticipation of using the antibody to manufacture COVID-19 treatments.

A professor at UT Dallas recently accepted a grant to further his research on stroke patients diagnosed with aphasia.

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.