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Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial that will compare how well two different flu vaccines protect individuals…
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Baylor College of Medicine researchers in the Tolias Lab and the Xiaolong Jiang Lab are part of a global collaborative led by the Allen Institute to…
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The therapeutic drug pirfenidone has been found to be a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by…
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Fall weather brings festivities and guests to our homes, as well as some unwelcome guests, including allergies, colds and sinus infections. Dr. Tran…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a grant for more than $12 million from the National Institutes of Health for a third five-…
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In the fight against treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one option, deep brain stimulation (DBS), is slowly gaining popularity…
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Suggesting assisted living to your loved ones can be a very difficult conversation. It may take time for older adults to come around to the idea of…
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The Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit at Baylor College of Medicine has been selected by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious…
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Understanding the role neuronal activity plays in certain types of brain cancer development and progression will be the focus of this year’s 10th…
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Dr. Lara Shekerdemian has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine after serving as interim chair since April.
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With a small number of influenza cases already circulating in Houston, experts at Baylor College of Medicine are saying now is the time to get…
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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Alzheimer’s…
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On Aug. 31, 2022, a jury in Harris County, Texas, returned a verdict in favor of Baylor College of Medicine against certain underwriters at Lloyd’s…
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The recent influx of monkeypox cases in the U.S. has put residents on high alert during their daily routines. Dr. Thomas Giordano, professor and…
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Building on the public-private-partnership that established the first pediatric HIV treatment center on the African continent in 2003, the Republic…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and clinicians at Washington University in St. Louis have…
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