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… Biology and Synthetic Biology … Our laboratory hopes to access these precision antibiotics through our dual expertise … molecules that have been evolved by bacteria and fungi over millions of years. Following the discovery of penicillin in …
news › study-shows-continued-face-mask-use-offers-economic-benefits
… at least two weeks beyond the date of achieving target vaccination coverage levels. The exact duration varies based … costs, $2.9 billion in third-party payer costs and 7.66 million cases. When the reproductive number of the omicron … 2022 would avert $1.5 billion in societal costs, $148.6 million in third-party payer costs and 856,000 million …
news › disruptions-in-brain-sphingolipid-metabolism-reveal-new-insights-into-cause-of-gaucher-disease
… disorders. “Neurodegenerative disorders affect millions worldwide. Research on these conditions has largely … disorders, including Parkinson’s disease.” … Accumulation of glucosylceramide leads to Gaucher disease … …
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… from one person to another. Humans can also become infected following exposure to an infected animal that harbors a … the virus SARS-CoV-2, became a top cause of death in 2020. According to data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control … few examples. The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than a half million people in the United States and up to 50 million …
news › lectures-compassion-and-the-art-of-medicine
… Carter who was killed in September 2000, the lecture is followed by a day of service by Baylor students at Houston … the American College of Physicians. Her work is focused on access to healthcare by racial and ethnic minorities, … years ago when he grew up there. With a population of 40 million people, about 17 million in Kenya lack access to …
news › bristol-myers-squibb-foundation-supports-bcm-global-healths-cervical-cancer-project-in-malawi
… has awarded Baylor College of Medicine Global Health $2.25 million for the Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Pilot … a comprehensive roadmap with specific milestones to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public … 2005, Baylor Foundation Malawi has managed more than $158 million in grants, private philanthropy, corporate grants …
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… that cause a more severe syndrome in which epilepsy is accompanied by developmental delay ("KCNQ2 encephalopathy"). … or together in groups ranging from a few to a few million (whole cell recording). However, each channel is … the most ancient of living vertebrates, evolved nearly 500 million years ago. This is about 50 million years before …
news › new-mammal-reference-genome-helps-id-genetic-variants-for-human-health
… a new reference genome assembly and identified more than 85 million genetic variants in the rhesus macaque, the largest … genome published today provides a more complete and accurate picture of the rhesus macaque DNA sequence. This … more genetic variants per individual than humans. Among the millions of genetic variants identified, researchers found …
news › nih-funding-supports-genetic-single-gene-disorder-research
… The National Institutes of Health will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Genomics … part of NIH, will fund the consortium. More than 400 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with one of … consortium goes a significant step beyond NHGRI’s already successful efforts in this area but adds a more intense focus …
news › baylor-awarded-nih-funding-for-clinical-genome-resource
… and Stanford University received an award for more than $25 million over five years from the National Institutes of … The award is one of three NIH grants totaling $73.2 million over five years for the project. The National Human … as the center of an emerging ecosystem of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) knowledge for both …
