/tags/research Research en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:03:00 GMT /science/2025-04-17/university-of-texas-austin-nih-grants-funding-cuts The Trump administration has been slashing funding for a federal agency that supports biomedical research across the U.S. UT Austin professors say funding from the National Institutes of Health is essential for running their labs. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:03:00 GMT /science/2025-04-17/university-of-texas-austin-nih-grants-funding-cuts Becky Fogel, Olivia Aldridge /science/2025-04-08/a-texas-biotech-company-says-it-bred-three-pups-with-traits-of-extinct-dire-wolf Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves recently featured prominently in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:35:34 GMT /science/2025-04-08/a-texas-biotech-company-says-it-bred-three-pups-with-traits-of-extinct-dire-wolf Joe Hernandez, Rob Stein /science/2025-02-12/research-nih-federal-funding-university-of-texas-austin A new policy for how the National Institutes of Health will reimburse overhead costs associated with research grants could result in the loss of significant funding at institutions like UT Austin. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:26:36 GMT /science/2025-02-12/research-nih-federal-funding-university-of-texas-austin Olivia Aldridge /education/2025-01-30/university-of-texas-austin-trump-administration-research-funding The Trump administration directed federal health officials to pause external communications last week, which prompted the National Institutes of Health to cancel meetings used to determine which research to fund. A UT professor has said if the pause lasts too long, it will be hard to reverse the impact. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:03:00 GMT /education/2025-01-30/university-of-texas-austin-trump-administration-research-funding Becky Fogel /health/2024-09-04/austin-tx-covid-19-antibody-variants-treatment-research-ut-austin The research team behind the discovery has filed a patent in anticipation of using the antibody to manufacture COVID-19 treatments. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:08:31 GMT /health/2024-09-04/austin-tx-covid-19-antibody-variants-treatment-research-ut-austin Olivia Aldridge /life-arts/2018-05-09/dr-haile-t-debas-on-making-a-contribution-to-underdeveloped-countries-in-africa On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Haile T. Debas, director emeritus at the University of California� Wed, 09 May 2018 16:55:19 GMT /life-arts/2018-05-09/dr-haile-t-debas-on-making-a-contribution-to-underdeveloped-countries-in-africa John L. Hanson Jr. /texas/2018-01-03/researchers-say-moderation-is-the-key-to-keeping-resolutions From Texas Standard.We’re three days into 2018 � how are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you stumble along the way, you’re not alone; some research� Wed, 03 Jan 2018 18:16:50 GMT /texas/2018-01-03/researchers-say-moderation-is-the-key-to-keeping-resolutions Alexandra Hart, Alain Stephens | The Trace /texas/2016-08-31/did-lucy-the-3-million-year-old-hominid-fall-from-a-tree From Texas Standard:Until now, Lucy’s death has been a mystery. She’s the famous 3.2-million-year-old fossil scientists say is one of the oldest skeletons� Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:59:34 GMT /texas/2016-08-31/did-lucy-the-3-million-year-old-hominid-fall-from-a-tree Laura Rice /science/2016-07-29/you-are-not-alone-how-human-gut-biomes-have-evolved-along-with-us As humans have evolved, so has the bacteria that lives inside us.That’s according to a recent study out of UT Austin, which indicates that the bacteria� Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:17:00 GMT /science/2016-07-29/you-are-not-alone-how-human-gut-biomes-have-evolved-along-with-us Michael O'Brien /energy-environment/2015-12-15/central-texas-research-chimps-face-uncertain-future Tucked into the semi-wilderness a few miles north of this Central Texas town, within spitting distance of a federal prison, Nahja, a 25-year old� Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:51:24 GMT /energy-environment/2015-12-15/central-texas-research-chimps-face-uncertain-future shelby knowles