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news › the-faris-foundation-grant-funds-research-for-advanced-sarcoma-clinical-trial
… Dr. Meenakshi Hegde , assistant professor of pediatrics – hematology and oncology at … awarded a $1.4 million gift over three years from The Faris Foundation to support a clinical trial of a novel form of … immunotherapy for children with recurrent or refractory sarcomas. This trial, known as the HEROS 3.0 trial, will …
news › baylor-college-of-medicine-welcomes-10-new-leaders-to-the-board-of-advisors
… Baylor College of Medicine today welcomes 10 new members to its Board of Advisors. The Board of … with the College’s Board of Trustees to provide counsel and support for advancing the strategic needs and mission of … new members are: … Robert Allbritton … , Washington, D.C., founder of POLITICO and executive chairman of Perpetual …
news › researchers-uncover-the-effects-of-avocado-on-type-2-diabetes
… Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are major public health burdens among … type 2 diabetes over a six-year follow-up period. They found that consuming avocados was associated with a 20% … prevention, since the American Diabetes Association recommends that you reduce all fats in your diet to manage or …
news › assessing-the-risk-of-excess-folic-acid-intake
… It is well established that folic acid supplementation can significantly reduce the risk of birth defects, including neural tube defects like spina bifida, the most common birth defect of the central nervous system and the … group increased 1.8 fold,” Finnell said. The researchers found that DNA repair genes were significantly …
news › brenneman-named-chair-of-bcm-board-of-trustees
… Greg Brenneman, executive chairman of CCMP, began serving as chair of … firm’s overall strategy while remaining actively engaged in completing transactions and coaching the senior management … King, PwCConsulting and Continental Airlines. In 1994, he founded Turnworks Inc., his personal investment firm that …
news › study-reviews-use-of-physical-restraints-on-people-of-color-in-ers
… in emergency departments (EDs) are used to keep staff and patients safe, but may lead to adverse physical … were significantly more likely to be restrained in EDs compared with all other ED patients. The team conducted a … their search, all studies that reported restraint by race found that Black patients had higher prevalence of restraint …
news › baylors-class-of-2025-celebrates-commencement
… Baylor College of Medicine held its 2025 commencement ceremony at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land on Tuesday. The School of … meaningful. “The happiest people I know are the ones who found important work, where they could use their skills in …
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… College of Medicine 1100 Bates St. Houston, Texas 77030-2600 nancy.moran@bcm.edu … If you will be funded by … that investigator directly. If a mutual arrangement is found, the postdoctoral fellow can be accepted into the postdoctoral training program with the commitment of both the PI and the fellow that they will …
news › neurological-disorder-linked-gene-mutations
… An international team of scientists, including researchers … Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital . “Complete loss of pits was lethal in the fly’s early development. Interestingly, we found that partially knocking down pits resulted in …
news › brain-tumors-remodel-neuronal-synapses-to-promote-growth
… Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine have found new evidence that glioma, a lethal form of brain cancer, alters the activity of neighboring neurons, … involved in synapses – junctions through which neurons communicate. “Using a new functional genomics strategy, our …
