Fierce Storm Wipes Out Texas Research Efforts
Tropical Storm Allison, which killed at least 18 people in Texas and Louisiana, may also have had a serious effect on medical research. Flooding at the Texas Medical Center south of Houston killed at least 32,500 research animals, mostly mice and rats. Their loss, along with the destruction of scientific records and lab specimens, will put a big dent in international medical research, said Dr. Ralph D. Feigin, president of the Baylor College of Medicine. “As much as two to three years of [people’s] entire research careers . . . has been literally wiped out.”
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Compiled by Times medical writer Thomas H. Maugh II
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