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… in the country, we have had an excellent record of success in launching the careers of many prominent … The collaborative mission of Baylor, Texas Children's, and other Texas Medical Center institutions allows our residents … neuroscience-related opportunities with faculty from other departments including Neuroscience , Molecular and …
news › human-norovirus-gii-4-exploits-unexpected-entry-mechanism-to-cause-gastroenteritis
… problem for which there are no specific treatments or vaccines. Understanding the first phase of infection – the … membrane repair mechanism to the injury site, activating another cellular pathway known as the CLIC pathway,” Ayyar … in this entry pathway than what have been reported for other viruses,” said Estes, Distinguished Service Professor …
news › electrical-stimulation-revitalizes-muscle-perfusion-caused-by-long-covid
… in the study, with half in the control group and the others in the intervention group. Participants used a small … weeks. Half received active electrical stimulation and the other half placebo. Participants then returned to the clinic … sequeale caused by respiratory infections,” Najafi said. Other contributors to this work include Myeounggon Lee, …
news › new-insights-into-the-drivers-of-glioma-related-epilepsy
… recordings of brain activity of human glioma, as well as other techniques,” said first author Rachel Naomi Curry, a … of these cells to uptake potassium, which leads to its accumulation and then to seizures.” “When we looked at other genes that handle potassium, we found that there is a …
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… are in a crowded indoor environment. Shopping venues and other exhibits at the rodeo are in a large indoor space, so … mask in that setting. If you plan to attend the rodeo or other large events, make a personal choice about whether … based on your health and surroundings: Maximize your vaccination status If you are not vaccinated and boosted, get …
news › pupil-dilation-a-window-to-perception
… changes in pupil size found not only in humans but also in other vertebrates, affect the way we perceive our … can also prove useful in many ways. Researchers are hoping others could use this model for further experiments to … era in neuroscience research. They enable us to extract accurate digital twins of real-world biological systems from …
news › baylor-researchers-awarded-brain-initiative-grants
… – they are problems with how neurons communicate with one another, she explained. Targeting connections that have gone … mapping across brain areas and species. While he and other collaborators have pioneered tools such as Patch-seq … wiring diagrams of entire mammalian brains that are accessible to all researchers. His group will do this by …
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… and non-malignant cells (eg tumor-infiltrating cells and other cells normally found in the tumour microenvironment). … least one parent often cause familial cancer syndromes (b) Other genetic lesions, called somatic mutations, arise … ethnic groups. Anna Bobyn’s paper suggests a pipeline to account for ancestry in the identification of germline …
news › integrative-exome-sequencing-and-machine-learning-identify-new-genes-contributing-to-systemic-sclerosis-risk
… causes. Some genetic contributors have been identified, but others remain unknown, which has impeded development of … of SSc. The results once again pointed to MICB , as well as other genes on chromosome six like NOTCH4 and rare missense … framework, we are not only identifying whether a variant occurs frequently, but also, using evolutionary data across …
news › how-the-common-fungus-candida-albicans-colonizes-the-gut
… the gut’s contents and the mucus layer. In healthy mice, other human-associated fungal species did not colonize the … It turned out that candidalysin as well as two other hypha-associated proteins – adhesins Als3 and Hwp1– … and the intractable threat to human health it represents.” Other contributors to this work include Pedro Miramón, …
