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Why You Should Care About Small Molecule Drugs
Researchers are developing small molecule drugs to treat everything from age-old threats to modern menaces
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New Trail 100
We Saw It Coming
We dug through the New Trail archives and found articles that showed just how well grads and researchers could predict the next big thing
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Rapid Response
When COVID‑19 hit, the U of A, home to one of the world’s pre-eminent virology institutes, was ready
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Health
Igniting the Body's Immune System Against Cancer
A U of A team is looking to unleash the immune system so that it attacks powerful cancer cells and heals itself
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Discovery
Research VP Wins Top Prize
Lorne Babiuk receives Gairdner award for leadership in vaccine development and research
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Discovery
A Nobel Search
What does it take to win the world’s top prize in medicine? Inside Michael Houghton’s seven-year hunt for a mystery virus
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Discovery
An Inside Look at COVID-19 Research
U of A labs are part of the worldwide hunt for solutions
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Did You Know
Salt Could Save Lives
Researchers "deactivate" viruses on surgical masks with simple treatment
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News
Alumni in the News
U of A alumni who made headlines recently
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Health
In Conversation: Michael Houghton
The Nobel laureate talks about persistence, post-COVID-19 virology and when 'the thinking' happens
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The Future of Pandemics is Proactive
Instead of playing catch-up with the next new virus, precision medicine aims to let us find it early and deal with it swiftly
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News
News Briefs
Puppy love, mid-life slumps and Zika virus
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Sweating the Small Stuff
The work of internationally recognized virologists at the University of Alberta has propelled the University to the front lines of a biological war against viral disease.