News: Research
Fighting Hepatitis C Virus, Using Clues from What Killed Bevo XIV
And other adventures in animal viruses teaching us about human disease
Promise of New Antibiotics Lies with Shackling Tiny Toxic Tetherballs to Bacteria
Bryan Davies of The University of Texas at Austin and a team have developed a system to identify new options for fighting bacteria.
Ancient Enzyme Could Boost Power of Liquid Biopsies to Detect and Profile Cancers
A set of medical tests called liquid biopsies could rapidly detect the presence of cancers, infectious diseases and other conditions from only a small blood sample.
Cracking the Code: Why Flu Pandemics Come At the End of Flu Season
Graduate student Spencer Fox and his colleagues found strong evidence that the late timing of flu pandemics is caused by two opposing factors.
Drug Engineered at UT Austin to Treat Anthrax Gains FDA Approval
The anthrax antitoxin obiltoxaximab received approval March 21 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Trapping a Bacterium in a Laser Beam Aids Study of Biofilms
Biofilms are responsible for most chronic infections and are notoriously resilient and hard to treat.
