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… Nutrient excess triggers profound functional changes in the hypothalamus, a critical brain site that mediates metabolic control throughout the body. … levels of circulating leptin. To investigate how leptin becomes insensitive in obesity, we use organotypic brain …
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… Exercise is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and it’s especially … sooner after surgery tend to heal better and have fewer complications,” said Thompson, Olga Keith Wiess Chair of … reminds yogis to be mindful that the area around the site of surgery may be less flexible. In addition to …
news › trish-seeks-innovative-biomarker-analysis-for-deep-space-missions
… Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine, with consortium partners California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is … The solicitation is available on TRISH’s GRID submission site. The deadline to submit is March 6, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. …
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… General information on a variety of mental health topics. The National Institute of Mental … suicide prevention. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Call the 24/7 support line at 1-800-273-8255 In a crisis? … hotlines (including for children, LGBTQIA+, and deaf communities) Struggling to find a therapist? Utilize …
healthcare › clinical-trials › h-46822
… treat breast cancer than T-DM1 alone. Tucatinib is a type of drug called a small-molecule inhibitor. It is designed to find … + T-DM1 and one group will receive a placebo + T-DM1. Both tucatinib and T-DM1 are approved by the FDA for the … HER2CLIMB-02: Tucatinib or Placebo in Combination with Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) for …
healthcare › clinical-trials › h-57595
… Elevated Lipoprotein(a) This study will evaluate the effect of an investigational drug, olpasiran, on the risk for … cardiovascular disease risk factors, and/or evidence of atherosclerosis Lp(a)≥ 200 nmol/L during screening For more information call Anna Tran at 713-798-3957 or email atran@bcm.edu . …
news › the-equalizer-an-engineered-circuit-for-uniform-gene-expression
… The function of a protein can depend on its abundance in a cell. So, when … do just that through the creation of new genetic circuits called Equalizers. The findings, in the current edition of … feedback and post-transcriptional incoherent feedforward loops. These loops counteract the presence of extra plasmids: …
news › gene-p16-drives-colorectal-cancer-potential-therapy-target
… and second deadliest cancer. How colorectal cancer develops is not well understood, but a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports in the Journal of Experimental & … team investigated a particular change in the second gene called p16 and its effect in colorectal cancer growth. …
news › new-policies-needed-to-maximize-psychedelics-therapeutic-potential
… Research supports the promise of psychedelics in treating conditions like depression and … of Pennsylvania, American University and Harvard Law School call for creativity and collaboration at the federal and … professional societies on decriminalizing psychedelics for both medical and non-medical use, as well as a need to …
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… a hybrid cell annotation method that accurately classifies both tumor and non-tumor cells from Patch-seq and scRNA-seq … provide detailed transcriptional and RNA-inferred genomic profiles for each cell: (1) cell type transcriptional … (2) SNV profiling using the XCVATR tool; and (3) CNV calling using the CaSpER and NUMBAT tools. SCRAM NNMs are …
