news › placental-microbes-sparse-community
… that different areas of the body – the gut, mouth, vagina and even skin – are inhabited by many different species of … body. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine previously found evidence that the placenta harbors a sparse but still present community of microorganisms, which they and other …
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… The Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine section collaborates with the basic … diseases of the cardiovascular system. His approach combines basic science and clinical investigation approaches … the content of this pump. Subsequently, they have found that caloric restriction also prevented age-related …
news › rna-atlas-assembles-comprehensive-knowledge-on-human-transcriptome
… University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University and Illumina, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have built one of the most comprehensive catalogs of the human transcriptome ever. By … linear or circular. Moreover, the consortium searched and found important clues in determining the function of some of …
news › studying-the-microbiome-in-pregnancy-postpartum-and-preterm-births
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have been studying the vaginal microbiome community throughout pregnancy and after delivery for nearly … was overwhelmingly Lactobacillus bacteria. Second, they found that there were no strong associations between the …
news › targeting-mapk6-offers-potential-therapeutic-strategy-for-cancer
… College of Medicine uncovered new evidence supporting a cancer-promoting role for enzyme MAPK6. The study, published … prostate or breast epithelial cells grown in the lab. “We found that overexpressing MAPK6 can transform normal cells … cells,” said Yang, a member of Baylor’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center . “In addition, enhancing MAPK6 …
news › study-shows-long-term-safety-of-genetically-modified-immune-effector-cells
… are not at increased risk for subsequent malignancy when compared to patients who receive standard chemotherapy. The … reviewed biopsy results for 11 of the secondary tumors and found no transferred genetic material from the therapy. All … work was supported by the National Cancer Institute (P50CA126752, 1U54CA232568-01 and P01CA094237), Stand Up To Cancer …
news › electrical-stimulation-revitalizes-muscle-perfusion-caused-by-long-covid
… A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that the use of a take-home electrical stimulation … the rate at which oxygen is delivered to muscles, and endurance in patients who were hospitalized due to … activity of the muscle fibers in the calves, both outcomes were assessed in response to one-hour electrical …
news › novel-combination-therapy-offers-promising-results-for-treatment-refractory-hepatoblastoma
… Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver cancer in children. Researchers and physicians in the field … kill patient-derived HB cell lines grown in the lab. They found that HDAC inhibitor panobinostat was the most …
news › dr-shanda-blackmon-named-director-of-the-lung-institute-at-baylor-medicine
… Dr. Shanda H. Blackmon , renowned in the field of thoracic … specializing in minimally invasive lung segmentectomy and complex thoracic surgery, has been named director of the … carry on the great legacy of Dr. David J. Sugarbaker, who founded the Lung Institute in 2014 as his vision for the …
news › study-reveals-impacts-of-alzheimers-disease-on-the-whole-body
… published in Neuron , reveal new insights into brain-body communication in neurodegeneration and pave the way for … in the brains and other organs of these modified flies. “We found that expressing Aβ42 or Tau in neurons affected both … This study was supported by grants from NIH/NIA R01-AG073260, OD R24-OD02205, OD R24-OD031447, NIH/NIGMS …