Research News
- Space Station not your average ant farmJan 9, 2014
- Project for elementary and secondary school students to see how ants behave in microgravity launches.
- Grants support projects with creative approaches for WIC program nutrition educationJan 9, 2014
- Two projects at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital will be funded for up to two years.
- Myotonic dystrophy disrupts normal control of gene expression in the heartJan 9, 2014
- Baylor research finds heart problems in myotonic dystrophy stem from disruption of a network that controls bits of genetic material (microRNAs) that fine-tune protein expression.
- Breast cell survival factor increases breast cancer risk after late pregnancyDec 31, 2013
- The mystery of why the risk of breast cancer goes up in women whose first pregnancies occur after the age of 35 may boil down to a single factor. according to Baylor researchers.
- Can risks that accompany twin pregnancies be solved two monkeys at a time?Dec 30, 2013
- Baylor researchers find genetic changes helped common marmosets successfully bear twins, other multiple births.
- Genomic trio data provides new autism gene candidateDec 20, 2013
- Baylor researchers help identify variants in ABCA7 gene that might be associated with autism– one of many such so-called autism genes.
- Activated “killer” T-cells effective against resistant lymphomaDec 16, 2013
- Lab technique helps cells regain ability to attack tumor, according to new research from Baylor College of Medicine.
- Structure of bile acid transporter explains membrane transferDec 8, 2013
- Baylor researchers find apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter molecule structure contains a mobile unit that transports bile acids.
- HIV-1 accessory protein helps induce metabolic defectsNov 27, 2013
- Baylor researchers find addressing the mechanisms mediated by Vpr might help HIV patients with the complications of insulin resistance, fatty liver, diabetes and heart disease.
- Grant will fund development of spirometry toolkitNov 26, 2013
- A Baylor College of Medicine professor is developing a spirometry toolkit to effectively diagnose asthma and COPD.