A federal trial underway in Austin could decide whether Texas must provide air conditioning to all prisons
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Show Notes
Summer temperatures in Texas prisons can often exceed 100 degrees, and lawyers have argued those conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishment for incarcerated Texans.
A federal trial underway this week in Austin could decide whether the state must provide air conditioning to all inmates.
A group of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a potential chemotherapy drug that may prompt a person’s immune system to attack cancer cells as if they were infected by a virus. The work on the drug started a decade ago and likely has years to go before it would be available. Reporter Olivia Aldridge joins the show to talk about the progress researchers have made so far.
Plus, the lifestyles of Austin’s rich and famous…cats? A catio tour raising awareness about local birds.
Someone asked ATXPlained “Who is behind these sometimes clever signs reminding you to be safe on the road?” KUT’s Samuel King has that story.
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