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The most wonderful time of the year also is one of the most hectic times of the year. If you plan to travel this season, it is important to take…
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A drug therapy targeting the production of a protein produced by the liver has led to sustained and significant reductions in triglyceride levels…
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A new study reports that the defects in a conserved stress pathway dubbed the ‘integrated stress response,’ or ISR, could explain the cognitive…
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Researchers will give a moderated poster presentation that displays the prevalence of smoking, e-cigarette use and high-risk behaviors among adults…
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A team of scientists from Baylor College of Medicine found that proton pump inhibitors could be used as a potential therapy for radiation-induced…
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BRAIN Initiative to support Baylor doctors studying the neurocircuitry of depression
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Tübingen in Germany have developed a novel computational approach to accelerate…
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Seated: co-founder of LouLou Foundation Lynn Jafar; Dr. Huda Zoghbi. Standing: Surabi Veeraragavan, Ph.D.; Derek Reznik; LouLou Foundation chief scientific officer Daniel Lavery, Ph.D; LouLou Foundation co-founder Majid Jafar; Rodney Samaco, Ph.D.; Miranda Torres; Christopher McGraw, MD, Ph.D.
The Loulou Foundation, Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital have…
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The Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor College of Medicine (TRISH) is soliciting proposals from postdoctoral researchers…
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The Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Investigators at the Human Genome Sequencing Center have developed new approaches for large-scale analysis of rare genetic diseases, known as…
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How genomics profiling can help identify the best treatment for bladder cancer
Researchers reported that profiling the bone marrow “metabolome" at the time of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosis enabled them to…
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Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Goodell, chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected to the…
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
A new study offers a potential new approach to therapy for children with mutations in PTEN who exhibit autism, macrocephaly (an abnormally large…
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Findings may promote adult heart tissue regeneration
A group of researchers used a mouse model system to investigate how noncoding DNA regions that increase atrial fibrillation risk in humans work to…
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As microbiome research matures, it is leading to a major reassessment of biological processes within the human body.
A new study has brought attention to genomic structural variation as a previously unappreciated mechanism involved in altering DNA methylation, a…
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Researchers at Baylor Genetics and Miraca Research Institute are working to develop a minimally invasive tool that could diagnose cancer with a blood…
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
An international group reports a new neurological syndrome that appears to be especially common in countries where marriages between genetically…
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