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… The Program Directors consult with the Program Executive Committee (PEC) about the first-year students’ progress. … and other resources within the program and the academic community to ensure that the student becomes well educated. … to have many ‘mentors’ throughout their graduate studies, some of whom will be on their Thesis Advisory …
news › safety-recommendations-reentering-home-after
… begin to recede, many will return to their homes to assess damage and start the long process to clean up and rebuild. … water and muddy sludge left behind, as well as within water-damaged walls, floors and furniture. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine have compiled an overview of precautions to take and what to look …
news › baylor-receives-spore-grant-renewal-for-breast-cancer-research
… C. Kent Osborne , professor and founding director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center , Dudley and Tina Sharp Chair … at Baylor College of Medicine, a unit of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Along with the faculty, Osborne …
news › top-five-places-you-may-forget-apply-sunscreen
… wear sunscreen while spending time in the sun, but when it comes to protecting every part of your skin there are certain places that people commonly forget about. Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. … “As far as places where people miss their sunscreen on a daily basis, the tops of the ears really come to mind,” …
news › rotavirus-vp3-is-a-unique-capping-machine
… antiviral drugs to counter rotavirus infection, the most common cause of diarrhea in children worldwide, resulting in … Rotavirus VP3 protein is a unique capping machine “Combining cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography … proteins,” said co-author Dr. Mary K. Estes , Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair and Distinguished Service Professor of …
news › researchers-intellectual-disability-syndrome
… a new neurological syndrome that appears to be especially common in countries where marriages between genetically … individuals, such as cousins, are prevalent. Using a combination of human genomics analysis and animal models, … at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas …
news › neuronal-activity-shapes-the-development-of-astrocytes
… unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, … is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this developmental process … release neurotransmitters, chemicals that mediate neuronal communication; and make the blood-brain barrier.” In the …
news › new-proteins-involved-in-spinocerebellar-ataxia-provide-insight-into-selective-neuronal-vulnerability
… not well understood. A recent study from the lab of Dr. Huda Zoghbi , distinguished service professor at Baylor … models result from the enhanced activity of the ATXN1-CIC complex. However, ATXN1 protein is widely expressed and … disorders. It is only through such systematic studies that we can understand the mechanisms driving these …
news › covid-19-patients-have-increased-oxidative-stress-oxidant-damage-and-glutathione-deficiency
… the effect of infection with COVID-19 on the levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant. Compared to healthy age-matched individuals whose samples … GlyNAC supplementation has not as yet been studied in association with COVID-19. “Increased oxidative …
news › car-t-cell-therapy-for-t-cell-lymphoma-shows-promise-in-phase-i-trial
… out of nine patients (44%), with two patients achieving complete responses. A third patient had an initial mixed … Cell and Gene Therapy. Hill also is a member of Baylor’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center . Patients with … in T cell lymphoma and in normal T cells. In preclinical studies , researchers found that the CD5-specific CAR T cells …
