About 120 scientists from around the U.S. are in Louisiana as part of a six-year, $170 million National Institutes of Health program to study the molecular nitty-gritty of exercise. Decades of research have shown that exercise is good for people, but scientists don't know what's going on at the…
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- Baboons escape research lab, lead men on chase
Four baboons, having clearly read too much dystopian fiction, escaped a biomedical research lab in San Antonio by climbing a 55-gallon barrel and jumping out of their enclosure. The Texas Biomedical Research Institute described the escape as an "animal perimeter breach incident," which, in all…
- Baboons break out of a research center
(CNN) - Four baboons, having clearly read too much dystopian fiction, escaped a biomedical research lab in San Antonio by climbing a 55-gallon barrel and jumping out of their enclosure. The Texas Biomedical Research Institute described the escape as an "animal perimeter breach incident," which,…
- Ingenious baboons escape Texas biomedical lab for brief taste of freedom
Three of the baboons leaped over the wall that pens in some 2,500 animals, including 1,100 baboons, used to “aid our scientists in the search for new diagnostics, drug therapies and vaccines,” the San Antonio lab said. The fourth tried to make a run for it but appears to have gotten cold feet…
- UTSA Department of Biology's first Fiesta medal supports mentoring program
(April 18, 2018) – Fiesta is in the DNA of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Biology. The department's first ever Fiesta medal is now on sale in the Department of Biology located in the Biotechnology, Science and Engineering Building (BSE 1.620) for $10. All proceeds…