Research News
- Disease gene finding solves international medical mysteryJan 23, 2014
- Combined, international effort helps Baylor doctors identify woman's illness.
- Lessons learned in Alzheimer's drug trial move research forwardJan 22, 2014
- Results of Baylor study could help move the field of Alzheimer's drug research forward with more targeted studies.
- Molecular understanding of atrial fibrillation progression may enable earlier treatmentJan 13, 2014
- An international team of researchers led by those at Baylor College of Medicine think atrial fibrillation occurs at the molecular level.
- 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.