Sugar beet virus mutation requires Texas touch
The only sugar beets growing in Texas are in the laboratory. But those few plants are getting to the root of problems throughout the sugar beet industry. .. . .. "We do all of our work in the greenhouse and laboratory," he said. "Here, we have...Research suggests fitness of Florida panthers improved by limited breeding with Texas animals
The number of living Florida panthers has grown from a previously estimated 30 to a recently counted 87 as a result of a controversial breeding effort to improve the genetic health of the endangered and inbred animals, according to a new assessment. ....Texas scientists discover how a hepatitis C protein promotes liver cancer
Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have identified a key biochemical connection between the hepatitis C virus and liver cancer. . .. "What we've found is that one of the hepatitis C virus proteins targets a cell p...Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered using new flytraps they developed. . .. Dr. Ed LeBrun, a researcher at BFL, developed the new fly...