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According to the CDC, about 1 in 5 children and adolescents in the U.S. have obesity. For Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, researchers at the USDA…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, the Texome Project…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children Hospital’s Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) have identified a rare…
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A new study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that the increased risk of preterm pregnancies associated with urinary tract infection…
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A team of epidemiologists, infectious disease researchers, climatologists and educators from Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University and the…
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After more than 15 years of collaborative research, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Houston Zoo have reached a major milestone in the fight…
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Brain Neurons
Many neurological diseases damage specific parts of the brain, even though the harmful protein involved is present throughout the brain. Researchers…
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Researchers have uncovered a novel biological pathway that can lead to seizures when disrupted. The findings also provide a new approach to improve…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a fundamental principle underlying how the human brain processes meaning across multiple…
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Wide field fluorescence microscopy of human triple-negative breast cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered how immune cells called neutrophils can help triple-negative…
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Dr. Jimmy Holder, associate professor in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological…
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The image shows staining of glioma cells from mice in a methionine-restriced diet which helped researchers notice that the DNA inside the tumors appears partially unraveled rather than the usual compact organization.
An unexpected lab observation led a team of scientists to discover how diet can influence survival in animal models of glioma, one of the most…
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WOMENS PSYCH HEALTH OBGYN
To better understand what drives the emergence of symptoms in Rett syndrome, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions are challenging the traditional understanding of how cancer drugs called…
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Artist rendition of a brain-computer interface technology, that links the brain with an external system such as a robotic arm used by those with neurological conditions that impare movement.
When a person loses a limb, a prosthesis often can help restore a significant degree of mobility. But when movement or communication is impaired by a…
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