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Cancer Drug with Better Staying Power and Reduced Toxicity Shows Preclinical Promise

The texaphyrin molecule is designed to be more easily absorbed by cancerous cells than healthy human cells, reducing the drug’s side effects.

The drug candidate, called OxaliTEX, is made of two parts.

The Texas Scientist

20/20 Foresight

So what will the next 50 years bring? Absent a crystal ball, your best bet would be to ask a scientist.

Illustration by David Steadman.

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Sean Roberts Promoted

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Livia Eberlin Receives Curt Brunnée Award

Features

12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year

Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.

3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower

UT News

Researchers Discover New Way to Split and Sum Photons with Silicon

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UT News

Texas Organization Donates Millions to UT Austin Cancer-Fighting Research

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Artist drawing of cancer cells

Research

Kami Hull Seeks to Make Drugs Faster with Less Waste

Learn about Kami Hull's work as an organic chemist and how she won a prestigious Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry.

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