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UT Yoga program designed for students in recovery

Lauren Schneider November 27, 2018

Students recovering from an addiction or struggling with mental health can find peace of mind and community by attending yoga at the Center for Students in Recovery. Through this weekly Yoga for Recovery...

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DNA barcoding technology could improve disease treatments

Samagra Jain November 27, 2018

A UT professor is using DNA barcoding technology to catalog millions of immune system threats to more easily create new treatments for diseases in the near future.    The research group of...

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FDA approves novel flu medication produced from UT research

Samagra Jain November 20, 2018

A new prescription flu drug, Xofluza, created with research done 40 years ago by Robert Krug, professor emeritus of molecular biosciences, was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration and...

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Pregame meals for athletes should be adaptable, full of protein and fluids, experts say

Rahi Dakwala November 20, 2018

While it’s called a pregame meal, athletes shouldn’t pregame for games like people do for parties. Keli Hawthorne, director of clinical research in the Department of Pediatrics at Dell Medical...

Experts discuss the implications of global health volunteer programs

Annie L. Zhang November 19, 2018

Almost a third of all graduating medical students in the U.S. have participated in a global health volunteer experience, and while most of the students reported that they were positive, many evaluations...

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UT experts find over half of fracking wells associated with earthquakes in Oklahoma

Sunny Kim November 16, 2018

UT research revealed that excess water produced from hydraulic fracturing, a method used to extract natural resources such as oil by injecting pressurized liquid into rocks, can disrupt pressure levels...

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Lasers may boost memory, help treat anxiety

Mina Kim November 16, 2018

Seeing a therapist for anxiety may soon include seeing a laser as well. Eric Zaizar, graduate student in clinical psychology, and Michael Telch, psychology professor and principal investigator of the project,...

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To drink or not to drink: Study finds parents influence likelihood of making pour decisions

Isabella Anderson November 16, 2018

Alcohol plays a pivotal role in most high school and college experiences, and whether or not you partake, new research shows your decisions are strongly influenced by your parents. According to a joint...

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Researchers unearth mysteries behind natural ‘DNA scissors,’ CRISPR

Kevin Dural November 15, 2018

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR, is a family of DNA sequences naturally found within unicellular organisms such as bacteria. The sequences provide considerable advantage...

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Taste of Science: Spilling tea on the tea versus coffee debate

Tien Nguyen November 14, 2018

Die-hard coffee fans and dedicated tea lovers have been debating for decades. Coffee addicts swear they can’t survive a day without coffee, and tea-lovers argue that tea is the healthier way to get...

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LGBTQ Youth continue to have higher smoking rates, study says

Joyance Liao Mendoza November 14, 2018

LGBTQ youth continue to have a higher risk of tobacco use relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers, according to an article published this year in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The...

Experts discuss myths, tips for Epilepsy Awareness Month

Grace Dickens November 14, 2018

It’s estimated one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. Still, there is very little known about epilepsy in terms of research and...

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