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Old Drug Holds New Promise
Exciting new findings in UT’s neurobiology labs suggest that rapamycin, an FDA-approved immunosuppressant used to control organ rejection in transplant patients, may be an effective therapy for Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, and even autism. Now a UT team led by Professor Kim Raab-Graham of the College of Natural Sciences’ Center for Learning and Memory is searching for …
Origami meets public health with the oPAD
Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than 10 cents a pop. Such low-cost, “point-of-care” sensors could be incredibly useful in the developing world, where the …
Going organic?
Lydia Steinman in the Department of Nutritional Sciences talks about the meditative joy of gardening and busts some myths about organic versus conventional gardening.
Advancing cancer research in Texas and beyond
In this video, Professor Tanya Paull explains how next-generation medicine may be able to combat cancer using genetically personalized treatments.
Meet a Game Changer: Lauren Ancel Meyers
In this video, the mathematical epidemiologist reveals why she’s so passionate about studying the spread and control of infectious diseases.
Worms may hold the key to fighting Parkinson’s disease
Researchers have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that may help people with Parkinson’s disease.
Restoring justice
Dr. Marilyn Armour, graduate students and community members share how mediation programs help victims heal and offenders account for crimes.
Challenging a woman’s role in medicine
Alumna Sue Ellen Young Knolle was determined to pursue medical school after graduating from UT in the ’60s, despite it not being a traditional path for women at the time.
Researchers explore the science of muscles
Ron Elber from the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences explains how he and his colleagues use the powerful computing resources of the Texas Advanced Computing Center to build time-accurate 3-D models that illustrate how muscles convert chemical energy into mechanical push and pull.
Dell Pediatric Research Institute opens at Mueller
Researchers and doctors team up to fight childhood diseases at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Pediatric Research Institute.
Undergraduates study H1N1 at U.S.-Mexico border
Microbiology undergraduates Sami Miller and Kelly Broussard traveled to Brownsville to research tuberculosis alongside the world’s foremost disease detectives, Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch. Upon arrival, Miller and Broussard’s research shifted focus to confront the global emergence of the H1N1 strain of influenza.
Artists come together for World AIDS Day
Issa Nyaphaga, an expatriate of Cameroon who was jailed and tortured for his political cartoons, presents an art installation in the Fine Arts Library. Nyaphaga joins with Moyo Okediji, Nadine Mozon and Sheena Scharff to address the role of art as healing, especially with regard to HIV/AIDS and other epidemics.
Fighting world hunger with peanut butter
Kenyan-born business student John Kidenda explains why he believes in the for-profit model of social entrepreneurship over the nonprofit model of world aid. John and a group of other students from The University of Texas at Austin have formed a team called “Nutty Solutions” and created a business proposal to sell gourmet peanut butter in …
Debating the cultural evolution of war
Stephen Sonnenberg and Thomas Palaima discuss war trauma and how our views on war have changed throughout history.
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