Aggie Impact: Congressional District 32
Transforming lives and economies through Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M is leading the way in research discoveries that address critical needs in Congressional District 32.
District Impact: 32nd congressional district
Rep. Julie Johnson
Stories That Impact Congressional District 32
Texas A&M Researchers Go Nuclear on Cancer
Hundreds of thousands of Americans pass away each year from cancer. Research at Texas A&M, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program, is saving lives by developing astatine-211 in medically relevant quantities and delivering it to nearby facilities for fundamental research and radiopharmaceutical development. These therapies cause large amounts of damage near a tumor cell while keeping the healthy surrounding tissue and organs intact. Texas A&M is one of only a handful of centers that do this.
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Nasal Spray Made From Stem Cell-Derived Vesicles Could Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a new therapy that may delay Alzheimer’s disease progression by years. Utilizing a nasal spray to non-invasively target cells perpetuating chronic neuroinflammation, researchers found decreased inflammation in the brain and a reduction in the build-up of plaques and proteins thought to be linked to the progressive loss of neurons in the brain, characteristic of Alzheimer’s. The research is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Advancing Tornado Recovery Timely Intelligence
Texas A&M researchers, with funding provided by the National Science Foundation, have developed a new method to create damage assessments and estimate recovery times following a tornado using artificial intelligence and restoration modeling. Once post-event images are available, the model can produce damage assessments and recovery forecasts in less than an hour. Researchers are working on using this model for other types of disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes.
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Rising to Meet National Needs
With nearly 150 years of excellence, Texas A&M values its partnership with federal agencies to make ground-breaking research discoveries that fuel our nation's dominance across a range of critical fields. Below are just a few areas of impact.
National Security
From building the nation’s biggest and most advanced enclosed testing range for laser and hypersonic weapons and developing materials that can manage heat and scrub CO2 in circulated breathing apparatuses for warfighters, to pioneering self-healing materials and leading discoveries in nuclear science, Texas A&M's leadership in artificial intelligence, biosecurity, cybersecurity, chemistry and military science positions it as the ideal institution to advance national defense solutions.
Improving Health
At Texas A&M, health innovation starts with service — to rural families, to frontline workers, to veterans. Our scientists are creating a nasal spray that may delay Alzheimer’s disease progression by years, deploying an advanced vessel-chip to replicate real-life blood vessels to cure vascular disease, developing new cell therapies for spinal cord injuries in veterans and producing “goldilocks” radioisotopes to treat cancer without harmful radiation effects.
Food, Energy and Water Security
Whether through eradicating hard-to-treat crop diseases, utilizing artificial intelligence to produce damage and recovery assessments after tornados, forecasting ecological needs for wetlands to protect the ocean food web and human infrastructure during hurricanes, or developing an innovative and domestically sourced battery, Texas A&M is dedicated to meeting the challenges raised by global shifts in the risks associated with food, energy and water securities.
Space Exploration
By leveraging Texas A&M’s expertise and resources while bringing together stakeholders from civilian, commercial and defense, we remain a leader in space exploration. On earth we’re building robots and virtual assistants, making spacecraft reusable, pioneering aerospace medicine and leading a national consortium on in-space operations. We will also be the first university with private access to a flight facility on the International Space Station, conducting real research in space year-round.
Michael J. Hardy
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