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news › rotavirus-vp3-is-a-unique-capping-machine
… for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team … worldwide, resulting in approximately 200,000 deaths annually. “Viruses cannot replicate on their own. They take over … understanding how it carried out mRNA capping had been a challenge. …
news › baylor-receives-spore-grant-renewal-for-breast-cancer-research
… grant accelerates progress. Three reformatted Cores will provide support to all research projects. The Pathology and … research projects. The Informatics and Statistics Core will provide biostatistics consultation and data analysis and … because the entire program came to Baylor with me.” After 26 years leading the SPORE, Osborne handed the leadership …
news › researchers-intellectual-disability-syndrome
… a new neurological syndrome that appears to be especially common in countries where marriages between genetically related individuals, such as cousins, are prevalent. …
news › top-five-places-you-may-forget-apply-sunscreen
… driving to work. “People think, ‘I’m at work and just in my office all day,’ but when you drive a lot of sun comes … areas that don’t get sun.” Wasko recommends wearing a SPF 30 or above sunscreen even during cloudy or rainy days to … to reapply about every two hours or when you towel off after swimming. For skin cancer screenings, she …
news › safety-recommendations-reentering-home-after
… and furniture. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine have compiled an overview of precautions to take and what to look … that experienced flooding. “A few key things to keep in mind when returning to your home after a flood are personal … for your initial clean-up work, make certain that it is outside to avoid exposure to carbon monoxide. …
news › covid-19-patients-have-increased-oxidative-stress-oxidant-damage-and-glutathione-deficiency
… with COVID-19. We found that these defects occur in all adult age groups, including young people, and worsen … and have elevated oxidative stress and oxidant damage is really surprising, because we do not normally see these defects in younger age groups. These defects …
news › new-proteins-involved-in-spinocerebellar-ataxia-provide-insight-into-selective-neuronal-vulnerability
… a mutant ATXN1 protein having long uninterrupted stretches called polyglutamine (polyQ) repeats. In healthy neurons, … to CIC, CIC target genes are hyperexpressed, which is eventually toxic to neurons. Prior research has demonstrated that all changes in the cerebellar Purkinje cells in SCA1 mouse …
news › neuronal-activity-shapes-the-development-of-astrocytes
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial … activity is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this … in the formation and function of synapses, or neuron-to-neuron connections; release neurotransmitters, chemicals …
news › car-t-cell-therapy-for-t-cell-lymphoma-shows-promise-in-phase-i-trial
… funding from the National Cancer Institute (P50CA126752, P30CA125123) and the National Gene Vector Biorepository at …
news › follow-water-safety-guidelines-to-prevent-drowning
… of pediatric emergency medicine at Baylor. Parents must provide multiple layers of protection to their children when … allowing your child to swim. Parents and guardians must provide close, constant, attentive and competent supervision …