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October 7, 2025

How Academic Medicine Built a National Powerhouse in Less Than a Decade

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October 6, 2025

GURI Award Helps UT Recruit Charles Taylor, Global Leader in AI Health Care Technology

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a 2025 Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI) grant to recruit the director of its new Center for Computational Medicine. Charles A. Taylor, a globally recognized leader in applying artificial intelligence to health care technology to dramatically improve cardiovascular disease diagnosis, joined UT earlier […] The post GURI Award Helps UT Recruit Charles Taylor, Global Leader in AI Health Care Technology appeared first on UT Austin News - The University of Texas at Austin.

September 30, 2025

Study Finds Dietary Changes Quickly Alter Brain Markers Linked to Memory and Inflammation

AUSTIN, Texas — A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reveals that following a low-calorie or low-carbohydrate diet can measurably lower levels of brain chemicals that, when too high, are linked to inflammation and memory problems. The study followed a cohort of patients with an early-stage fatty liver disease, which is […] The post Study Finds Dietary Changes Quickly Alter Brain Markers Linked to Memory and Inflammation appeared first on UT Austin News - The University of Texas at Austin.

September 15, 2025

4 Tons of Spinach, 3 Professors and 1 Life-Changing Discovery

84 Years Ago This Week, UT Researchers Isolated and Named Folic Acid The post 4 Tons of Spinach, 3 Professors and 1 Life-Changing Discovery appeared first on UT Austin News - The University of Texas at Austin.