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A Step Towards Needed Treatments for Hantaviruses in New Molecular Map

An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts.

UT News

Alison Cahill named 50th president of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Alison Cahill of The University of Texas at Austin is a part of the Dell Medical School and Texas Biologics steering committee.

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UT News

Cytomegalovirus Breakthrough Could Lead to New Treatments

A new antibody design blocks cytomegalovirus from hiding from the immune system and could lead to safer, more effective treatments for vulnerable patients.

Research

AI Tips Off Scientists to New Drug Target to Fight Monkeypox Virus

The breakthrough could be used in a new vaccine or antibody therapy to fight mpox, the disease caused by the monkeypox virus.

Accolades

Virus Slayer Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation

The award recognizes Jason McLellan’s work to investigate how viruses infect our cells and to develop new treatments for infectious disease.

LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease

Re-engineered Antibodies Kill Bacteria Directly

Key antibodies use a clever trick to slip deep into a bacteria’s outer membrane, where they can do real damage.

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The Oden Institute

Transforming the Use of AI in Drug Design

With support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, molecular bioscientist Dima Kozakov joins UT.

Features

How COVID-19 Helped Put UT Therapeutics on the World Map

In early 2020, the world’s spotlight shined on The University of Texas at Austin.

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Research

Delivering a Better Life

The connection between research and real life is never so direct—or crucial—as it is in the field of health care.

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Features

Pharmacoengineering Program Enables Advanced Drug Development and Delivery

Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin have a new opportunity to revolutionize how medicines are developed and delivered.

Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin have a new opportunity to revolutionize how medicines are developed and delivered.