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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.