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Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology

A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease.

Kytai Nguyen, an associate professor of bioengineering, is working on the drug-delivery portion of the project, which is funded through a $3.4...
 

UT Arlington professor awarded $1.9 million to study hospital infection

A UT Arlington microbiologist developing a treatment for one of the most widespread hospital infections in the U.S. has been awarded $1.9 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 

Julian Hurdle, an assistant professor of biology, plans to study the effect of reutericyclin compounds on the bacteria Clostridium difficile or C. difficile. His...