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Surviving a Superbug
Rex and Deborah Amini
Texas Biomed and UT Health
Team Up to House Geriatric Marmosets
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Searching for Protection
for HIV Patients from Deadly Tuberculosis
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Surviving a Superbug
Rex and Deborah Amini
Rex doesn’t recall most of the month of December. “These antibiotic cocktails that saved my life are a direct
In addition to fighting the bacteria, his body was so result of science,” Rex said. “What the infectious disease
weakened from the infection, he went into pulmonary doctor was doing clinically was based on the science
failure twice. His incredible recovery now consists of being done by researchers like those at Texas Biomed.
physical therapy appointments to strengthen his right He is standing on their shoulders.”
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Rex Amini. Photo above and cover photo by Josh Huskin.
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Another Piece of the
Ebola Puzzle Identified
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Staff Scientist Olena Shtanko, Ph.D.
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