Researchers learn bacteria in common staph infections can cause
necrotizing pneumonia
Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences
and Technology at Houston have discovered that a toxin present in the bacteria
responsible for the current nationwide outbreak of staph infections also
has a role in an aggressive pneumonia that is often fatal within 72 hours.
CC, the world’s first cloned cat, has kittens
CC, short for Copy Cat, was born Dec. 22, 2001, and became the first-ever
cloned cat—a feat accomplished by a team of Texas A&M University
researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
Last fall, she became the first cloned cat in Texas to have kittens.
Dried distiller’s grains can help produce more beef
Supplemental
feeding of dried distiller's grains to cattle can help produce more beef
in grazing programs, said Jim MacDonald, a researcher with the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station researcher, and this by-product of ethanol production
will be useful in more than just feedlot or dairy operations.
Texas
A&M Engineering professor shakes things up with earthquake
tests
David Rosowsky, of Texas A&M University and the Texas Engineering Experiment
Station, is part of a team working on a four-year, $1.24 million project
funded by the National Science Foundation to study the performance of engineered
wood structures subjected to seismic loading.
Research may lead to better health in rural communities
Research conducted by recent Texas A&M graduate and registered dietitian
Brenda Bustillos on grocery, convenience and discount stores in rural
Texas might help bring more nutritious food choices to rural areas-and
it also resulted in some unexpected lessons.