Thirty-seven juniors and high school seniors from Bexar County public schools are spending the summer connecting with scientists from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Aging research currently underway at Texas Biomedical Research Institute aims to learn why people age differently and what can be done to give people better outcomes as they get older.

No, the DNA used in this vaccine does not come from people. It is produced in bacteria. The UK company chose Texas Biomed for their research because of it's high standards and proven track record.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute received a five-year $1.25 million grant to help teachers understand the research happening at the lab and inspire future applicants.

KSAT got a special tour of the protocols at Texas Biomedical Research Institute, which studies and houses some of the most dangerous diseases in the world.

Research on vaccines and treatments for Ebola, COVID-19 and other pathogens is crucial for our health and safety. However, funding can be tricky for projects that may take years to use. That's where crucial government funding called BARDA comes in.

The Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio has been recognized by a federal agency as the only prime contractor in Texas.

The Southwest National Primate Research Center, part of the Texas Biomed campus on the West Side, is home to the largest captive baboon colony in the world.

Despite vocal opposition from animal rights activists and others, city council voted Thursday to give $10 million to Texas Biomedical Research Institute for infrastructure improvements at its campus.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute is researching and developing variant-specific treatments to help in the fight against COVID-19.

Texas Biomed had requested money from the $1.2 billion bond program to improve infrastructure at its aging campus. But a citizen committee charged with recommending which projects should get funding received numerous public comments opposing the institute’s request, based on Texas Biomed’s use of primates for animal testing.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute is a nonprofit infectious disease facility in San Antonio that has worked on life-saving sciences.

In the largest study of its kind, Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio tracked waning antibodies against COVID-19 by gender, age and time.

The head of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, which helped to develop that vaccine, says booster shots aren’t as important as getting people fully vaccinated in the first place.

The vaccines had to first undergo clinical trials using volunteers, but to do so safely, pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer asked Texas BioMed for its help. However, Schlesinger said the work at Texas BioMed isn’t over. “We’re understanding how our animal models perform with regard to the variants,” he said. Schlesinger said it’s also identifying and validating animal models that are essential for testing new therapies and more vaccines. AdTexas BioMed is working with up to 30 companies performing clinical studies and validations recognized by the FDA, Schlesinger said.

Hallam said this is critical in finding treatments for COVID-19 patients. Hallam said researchers are ready to take this research to the next phase. “The team working on this antibody thinks it has a high probability in their preclinical models of stopping the virus,” Hallam said. “You can see companies trying to do these things in parallel, the development work, the animal studies, the safety studies. “What you’ll probably see after that are additional follow on modifications, more effective therapeutics or vaccines that might then move forward.”

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