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The resistance of cancer cells to radiation therapy is a significant clinical problem in treating cancer. Many solid tumors are only partially…

Recall a phone number or directions just recited and your brain will be actively communicating across many regions. However, as discovered by…

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have been studying the vaginal microbiome community throughout pregnancy and…

Research at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and collaborating institutions is moving a novel promising gene therapy to treat…

Our cells follow a molecular clock that controls cell metabolism, much like the body’s circadian rhythm controls sleep cycles. Researchers at Baylor…

Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have a new strategy to attack…

Together with Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University and Illumina, researchers at Baylor College of…

While smoking-related head and neck cancers are declining in the U.S., human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal, or throat, cancer is on the…

In the two decades since the Human Genome Project mapped the entire human genome, improvements in technology have helped in developing updated…

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is the most common genetic form of brittle bone disease and results in defects of both bone and connective tissue. OI…

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a $12 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to identify non-…

Recipients of Baylor College of Medicine’s 2021 Faculty Awards were announced virtually on Thursday, May 19. These awards recognize Baylor faculty…

When resecting tumors, surgeons aim to spare as much healthy tissue as possible while ensuring removal of the entire tumor. Pediatric surgeons at…

According to some estimates, hundreds of genes may be associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but it has been difficult to determine which…

Baylor College of Medicine will serve as the lead site of the new Texas Development Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR). Funded through a grant from…

MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome is a genetic disorder affecting energy metabolism.…