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news › blocking-communication-key-to-supporting-proper-communication-in-the-brain
… Recall a phone number or directions just recited and your brain will be actively communicating across many regions. However, as discovered by … thousands of neurons during the memory period. What they found was unexpected. “When we disrupted one hemisphere, the …
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… At Baylor College of Medicine, our prenatal and reproductive genetic specialists are helping patients … care decisions when a genetic risk or fetal condition is found that affects the health of their fetus. We partner … and diagnostics. … Our patients receive expert guidance and compassionate care from board-certified medical geneticists …
news › brain-activity-during-observational-learning-similar-to-memory-recall
… As others go through different experiences, we can sometimes learn from watching their example. Researchers … the same maze, receiving rewards at different points. We found that the brain activity during this process is similar … exactly how the circuitry of our own brain works in more complex examples of social understanding is still a mystery. …
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… diseases including Alzheimer’s disease. The Transcription Factor EB (TFEB) was discovered as a master … expression of autophagy and lysosomal target genes. We found that TFEB is highly efficacious in ameliorating … for therapeutic targeting. This project is an integral component of a Program Project Grant (P01 AG066606) aimed at …
news › study-reveals-key-aspect-of-the-finely-tuned-regulation-of-gene-expression
… cells even though they both develop in the same person and carry the same genes. They are different because each … this study, we focused on enhancers, one of the critical components that regulate gene expression. Enhancers are … system, as happens in live cells.” Furthermore, they found that the transcription of the enhancer reflects the …
news › trish-sends-human-health-experiments-aboard-polaris-dawn-mission
… The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at … a series of human health research experiments aboard the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, the first in a series of human … details about TRISH research onboard Polaris Dawn can be found at bcm.edu/spacehealth . … … … TRISH sends human …
news › study-unveils-molecular-pathway-of-metastatic-cancer-cells
… Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells leave the primary tumor and spread to other … co-director of cancer bioinformatics at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor. “Our pan-cancer … primary tumor with the metastatic tumor derived from it, we found that, in most cases, the primary and the metastatic …
news › baylor-college-of-medicine-receives-nih-funding-to-study-somatic-mosaicism
… non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic mosaicism can occur in all tissues … is unknown. As part of a new National Institutes of Health Common Fund program called the Somatic Mosaicism across … in normal human development,” said Dr. Richard Gibbs , founding director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center and …
news › dr-kara-marshall-named-hhmi-freeman-hrabowski-scholar
… Dr. Kara Marshall , assistant professor of neuroscience and a McNair Scholar , has … early career faculty members with the potential to become leaders in their research fields and create diverse and … early-stage HHMI investigators,” Dr. Huda Zoghbi , founding director of the Duncan NRI, distinguished service …
news › new-medical-genetics-multi-omics-lab-translates-research-into-clinical-diagnostics
… diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, and the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor … Genetics, in anticipation of a larger scale launch when commercially feasible. The new lab – the Medical Genetics … is a realization of the vision when Baylor Genetics was founded 10 years ago.” Baylor Genetics is a joint venture of …
