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UT-Houston research center to unveil new facility
05:52 PM CST on Thursday, December 13, 2007
It suffered years of setbacks, lost millions in medical equipment, including the loss of test animals.
But now the University of Texas research facility is turning a new page by unveiling its new $80.5 million building expansion.
The new research space will house prominent scientists studying infectious diseases and other areas of research.
In 2001, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston became yet another victim of Tropical Storm Allison. The floodwaters invaded several of the schools lower levels and killed research animals.
More than 10 million gallons of water rushed into the facility.
On Friday, UT's final recovery phase is set to open and will feature state-of-the-art testing equipment.
School officials said steps were taken to prevent another situation like Allison.
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