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More than 7 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Although there is currently no cure, there are treatments that…
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Baylor College of Medicine and its Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of five accomplished business and community leaders to its Board…
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BCM Legacy Fund I, LP (“Legacy Fund”), a new early stage biomedical venture fund capitalized by philanthropic limited partners and affiliated with…
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The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine, with consortium partners MIT and Caltech, has selected…
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A defining feature of Alzheimer’s disease is the abnormal, sustained accumulation of protein aggregates such as tau inside brain cells, which…
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In a study led by Baylor College of Medicine and University of Oxford, researchers found that blocking a specific molecular interaction reduced…
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WOMENS PSYCH HEALTH OBGYN
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a new strategy that glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of adult brain cancer…
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has traditionally been used to treat movement disorders and more recently some mental health disorders such as certain…
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Halloween season is a time for scary tricks and sweet treats. But people with heart conditions may need to take extra precautions before…
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Generic Brain
A new study in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine answers a long-standing question about astrocytes, star-shaped cells that are the…
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Dr. Amy McGuire, professor and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Healthy Policy, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine…
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A photo of a girl holding her hair up because her head itches. She has lice!
Just the thought of lice might make one itch but if it turns out to be the real thing, experts say not to panic. While it might be stressful, the…
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Baylor College of Medicine will receive more than $6 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to lead the new Peroxisomal…
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Tomorrow's Medicine Today launch party
Baylor College of Medicine publicly launched Tomorrow’s Medicine Today, a $1 billion philanthropic campaign aimed at accelerating the discoveries,…
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Somatic mutations, the DNA changes that occur as our bodies grow and age, not only hold an important key to cancer, but are emerging as the seeds of…
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Liver
The liver is an important organ in the body. It processes essential nutrients from food, including proteins, carbohydrates and fats, helps regulate…
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