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Faculty Awarded NIH Grants to Study Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative and Vascular Diseases
Neurobiologist Jon Pierce-Shimomura will research nervous system degeneration, which occurs through natural aging and diseases like Alzheimer's.
Tagged by Fukushima
Before beginning my usual irreverence, let me just say that one of the great stories of modern bravery was that of the workers who stayed on at Fukushima nuclear power plant, isolated, surrounded by death, and did their jobs.
Discovery Of Why Influenza B Virus Exclusively Infects Humans Opens Door For Drugs To Fight Seasonal Epidemics Caused By Virus
The three-dimensional structure of a site on an influenza B virus protein that suppresses human defenses to infection has been determined by researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin.
The Dangers of Cannibalism
Biochemistry professor Andy Ellington blogs about cannibalism, prions, mad cow disease, and yet one more way in which civilization may be "hosed."
Grand Opening of New Health IT Learning Center at The University of Texas at Austin
New state of the art teaching facility dedicated to health IT education opens in the Norm Hackerman Building.Scientists Afflict Computers with Schizophrenia to Better Understand the Human Brain
Computer networks that can't forget fast enough can show symptoms of a kind of virtual schizophrenia, giving researchers further clues to the inner workings of schizophrenic brains.
College of Natural Sciences Video: 2011
From Alzheimer's disease to black holes and fusion energy, students and faculty in the College of Natural Sciences are changing the world through innovative research. Watch the college's 2011 highlights video. Produced by Lee Clippard and Mason Jones.
Self-powered, Blood-activated Sensor Detects Pancreatitis Quickly and Cheaply
Turning Reynold’s Wrap, JELL-O and milk into a way to look for organ failure.
Designer Chemical Weapons, Aerotoxic Syndrome, and the Future of Personalized Medicine
We’re entering the age of personalized medicine, but also, possibly, designer chemical weapons, which would work only on particular genetic populations.
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