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Making Cancer’s Metabolism More Normal Blocks Drug Resistance

A new combination of existing drugs reduces the size of cancerous tumors much more effectively than current treatments.

Graphic showing a cancer tumor with blood vessels surrounding it

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Scientists Map a Complicated Ballet Performed in Our Cells

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Artist rendering of how DNA is condensed into a chomosome

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New Nerve Gas Detector Built with Legos and a Smartphone

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A black lego box with a smartphone sitting on top

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New Material Could Save Time and Money in Medical Imaging and Environmental Remediation

Chemists at UT Austin have developed a material that holds the key to cheap, fast and portable new sensors for a wide range of chemicals.

Humphrey and his team are developing paper dipsticks that can quickly and cheaply identify a wide range of chemicals in an uncharacterized sample.

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Chemists Garner New Insights into Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

A mutation in a normal protein can create amyloid β, a key contributor to Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found.

Amyloid plaques in a brain tissue sample

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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).

White bacterial coloines on a plate of red culture medium

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When Sperm Meets Egg, Zinc 'Fireworks' on Display

The University of Texas at Austin's Emily Que, an assistant professor of chemistry, was lead author on a new study that describes the cutting-edge technology a research team used to become the first to capture images of these molecular fireworks and to pinpoint the origin of the zinc sparks.

As a human egg is activated by a sperm enzyme, an explosion of zinc sparks erupt.

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Synthetic Molecule Makes Cancer Self-Destruct

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying sodium and chloride ions into the cancer cells.

Illustration showing how synthetic ion transporters can induce apoptosis by facilitating chloride anion transport into cells.