Baylor College of Medicine News

News Archive

Master
Cullen Building fisheye
TIME named Dr. Peter Hotez, professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas…
Read Article
Photo of the sky showing the sun and clouds
Clear skies, warm days and free time set the stage for more people being active during the approaching summer months. A dermatologist at Baylor…
Read Article
children playing soccer
Children’s sporting events are a fun time to cheer on the kids and socialize, but they can quickly go south if parents act excessively competitive. A…
Read Article
Dr. Shanda Blackmon
Dr. Shanda H. Blackmon, renowned in the field of thoracic surgery, specializing in minimally invasive lung segmentectomy and complex thoracic surgery…
Read Article
Drawing of a doctor stepping out of a laptop screen to represent AI diagnosis
Diagnosing rare Mendelian disorders is a labor-intensive task, even for experienced geneticists. Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine are…
Read Article
Photo of hands in purple gloves using a pipette in a lab sorting liquid samples.
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and…
Read Article
A portrait of a sugar glider gliding in the air with a black background.
People say “When pigs fly” to describe the impossible. But even if most mammals are landlubbers, the ability to glide or fly has evolved again and…
Read Article
Illustration of COVID cells.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID has the unsettling ability of often generating variants of itself. Other viruses also mutate, but as SARS-CoV-…
Read Article
Drawing of a man holding his head and grimacing to represent stress.
Stress impacts us all, both personally and professionally and in a variety of ways. While we are aware of the visible symptoms of stress, the silent…
Read Article
Photo of a surgeon slouching over the patient in the OR.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Arizona led a study that can help surgeons obtain biofeedback of…
Read Article
Cullen Building fisheye
Dr. Mary Dickinson, senior vice president and dean of research at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named a 2023 Fellow by the American…
Read Article
Drawing of brain in black with pink and blue in background, sunburst patter with synapsis
One potential underlying cause of symptoms in individuals with depression is an emotion- processing bias which causes them to have a stronger…
Read Article
Close up photo of feet wearing tennis shoes, walking on a sidewalk.
An exercise accessible to most, walking is one of the best movements you can incorporate into your daily life. An expert with Baylor College of…
Read Article
Artist rendition of a double helix glowing white light on a dark blue background
Picture in your mind a traditional “landline” telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA…
Read Article
Close up photo of surgical tools
As millions of Americans approach age 66, they face the inevitable question, is it time to retire? The physician population is aging alongside the…
Read Article
Three teens seated, focused on their shoes
Adolescence can be a difficult phase for girls, especially when they begin to notice their bodies changing. Girls Elevated, a Baylor College of…
Read Article