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TX Biobytes from Texas Biomed Episode 037 — The Heart of the Problem: A Genetic Study of Native Americans

Posted July 2, 2019 • 00:11:08

Thirty years ago, NIH-funded researchers began looking at particular risk factors for heart disease in the Native American population. What Texas Biomed...

TX Biobytes from Texas Biomed Episode 035 — The Buzz About Zika

Posted June 4, 2019 • 00:10:48

Zika VirusCourtesy: NIH Image Gallery What’s the latest buzz about Zika? The mosquito-borne virus is still infecting people around the globe -- even...

TXBioBytes from Texas Biomed Episode 034 — The impact of marmosets from A to Z: Aging to Zika

Posted May 7, 2019 • 00:13:56

Marmosets are small New World monkeys from South America. © Clem Spalding 210-271-7273 Marmosets are a useful biomedical research animal model that...

TXBioBytes from Texas Biomed Episode 033 — Celebrating Biomedical Research Awareness Day

Posted April 23, 2019 • 00:08:16

Enrichment specialists at Texas Biomed celebrate BRAD by treating the research animals to Fiesta munchies. We owe many ways to treat and prevent disease...

TXBioBytes from Texas Biomed Episode 032 — TB and HIV: Battling Back Against a One-Two Punch

Posted April 9, 2019 • 00:08:15

Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D. Co-infections with HIV and TB are a persistent health problem. In otherwise health people with latent TB, only 5% will go on to...