Increased yields – improving and innovating soybean varieties. Soybean oil is one of the most commonly produced and consumed oils in the U.S. Some industries work with crude soybean oil, but partially hydrogenated soybean oil has a long history of use in the food industry. In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration released its final determination that (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Jeremy Smith
Fighting COVID-19 with supercomputing-based virtual high-throughput screening To date, over four million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide. While promising developments for certain drugs used to treat the respiratory virus continue to emerge, there is currently no cure or widespread treatment plan available. A team from UT and Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) led (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Thereasa Abrams
Improving outcomes for burn patients and the standing of social workers on burn center teams. An estimated 486,000 burn injuries require medical treatment every year – 40,000 of which require hospitalization, according to the American Burn Association. Around 30,000 of these hospitalizations are treated by medical professionals with specialized burn care training at any of (read more)