Cancer research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also referred to as UT Health San Antonio, is getting a $23 million boost from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

Various laboratories of UT Health San Antonio will benefit from $5.6 million in new CPRIT support, while an additional $3 million will expand drug development research conducted at both the health science center and The University of Texas at San Antonio. Meanwhile, a Dallas life sciences company co-founded by one of UT Health San Antonio’s academic cancer leaders will receive a CPRIT award of $14.4 million. The company is testing a first-in-class cancer drug in a phase 1 clinical trial at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson.

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