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news › researchers-reveal-a-map-to-study-novel-form-of-cell-to-cell-communication
… An international team led by researchers at Baylor College … the National Institutes of Health Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium and the Bogdan Mateescu laboratory … study, published in the journal Cell Genomics , lays the foundation to examine how exRNA and its carrier proteins …
news › how-a-mutation-in-the-skd3-enzyme-can-cause-mgca7-disease
… and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme SKD3 can cause a … to a family of proteins called unfoldases, which are widely found in microbes. Here, Tsai and his colleagues focused on … the University of Texas System-Rising Stars Award 26532 and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of …
news › findings-support-repurposing-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-auranofin-for-diabetes
… for existing drugs that might affect both conditions. “We computationally screened a small-molecule dataset and … higher than normal – in the mouse model. In addition, we found that auranofin accumulation in white adipose tissue … grant #1-18-IBS-105 and NIH grants (R01DK114356, R01DK126042, R01DK109001, R01AG065197 and R01DK121348). Further …
news › dhx9-variations-underly-wide-spectrum-of-human-neurodevelopmental-disorders
… 20 patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders ranging from severe to mild has now received a genetic … to believe that these patients had a genetic diagnosis in common. It was after we analyzed the results of their genome … laboratory experiments in which the different DHX9 variants found in patients were introduced into cells and their …
news › brain-fungal-infection-produces-alzheimers-disease-like-changes
… such as Alzheimer’s disease, but there is limited understanding of how these common microbes could be involved in the development of … question was, how does C. albicans enter the brain? We found that C. albicans produces enzymes called secreted …
news › modifiable-risk-factors-responsible-for-half-of-cardiovascular-diseases
… More than half of all cardiovascular diseases worldwide have been found to be directly connected to five classic … of cardiovascular diseases. All five risk factors combined amount to 57.2% of women’s cardiovascular risk and …
news › eating-for-necessity-or-pleasure-there-is-a-brain-circuit-for-that
… pleasure-driven feeding may accelerate the onset of obesity and associated metabolic disorders. A study published in … open new possibilities for developing strategies to combat obesity. “Ideal feeding habits would balance eating … way – they either increase or decrease both types. Here we found that activating DBB-Penk neurons has opposite effects …
news › wearable-technology-assesses-surgeons-posture-during-surgery
… with the University of Arizona led a study that can help surgeons obtain biofeedback of their posture during … from 11 procedures (eight spine, three cranial). “We found that surgeons remained in a static posture … of time given that the American College of Surgeons recommends avoiding prolonged static postures by taking …
news › tumor-induced-b-cell-changes-reveal-potential-biomarker-for-treatment-response-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered new insights … TiBA-1, has a reduced number of B cells, likely due to competition with myeloid progenitors in the bone marrow … cells lead to an increase in exhausted T cells. Researchers found that the B cell changes in both TiBA-1 and TiBA-2 …
news › mapping-the-cells-that-tune-in-to-sound
… to process that information, enabling our brains to understand speech, enjoy music and recognize various noises. For … The findings, published in the latest edition of Nature Communications , not only validated the molecular … changes in pitch or fluctuating sounds, such as those found in speech or music. Knowing which cell types govern …
