departments › ... › publications
… Mian A, Mueller BA, Huff CD, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME, Plon SE. Association Between Birth Defects and Cancer Risk … VM, Styring E, Zaikova O, Melin BS, Lupo PJ. Soft-tissue sarcoma in adolescents and young adults compared with older adults: A report among 5000 patients from the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Central Register. …
news › neuroprotective-mechanism-altered-by-alzheimers-disease-risk-genes
… Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating institutions have discovered that gene variants associated with risk … found that ROS, together with amyloid-beta, the main component in the plaques found in the brains of people with … Glia store the lipids in lipid droplets, sequestering them from the environment, thus keeping them from damaging …
departments › ... › potential-bioterrorism-agents
… ability of these agents to be disseminated into the environment. Terrorists may find biological agents to be an attractive alternative to conventional weapons because of their relatively low costs, … the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases component of the National Institutes of Health and the …
departments › ... › core-training
… In addition to training experiences at their primary site, all … experiences. This offers valuable breadth of training that contributes to achievement of program training goals and facilitates community in the internship class. … and treatment of psychiatric, psychological, and relationship difficulties and offering training experiences for …
healthcare › ... › patient-testimonials
… school and go to work herself. Now that she has lost (and continues to lose) weight, she is able to play with her kids and has more energy in general. Not only is she truly happy, but she says her kids are too- and … weight to be eligible for a kidney transplant. He tried on his own but struggled, especially after he broke his leg. …
news › novel-approach-prevents-liver-damage-in-animal-models-of-alagille-syndrome
… to affect 1 in 30,000 individuals, is caused by mutations in the gene JAG1 in most cases. The mutations affect … in cholestasis, a condition in which the flow of bile from the liver stops or slows, leading to bile buildup that … biliary tree. The team worked with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a company that has pioneered the usage of antisense …
news › global-collaboration-mapping-the-whole-human-brain
… of Medicine researchers in the Tolias Lab and the Xiaolong Jiang Lab are part of a global collaborative led by the … brain atlas. The collaboration, funded by a new grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research … works – we have to open it up and look at the different components to see how they are connected and what they do. …
academic-centers › medical-ethics-and-health-policy › events
… Upcoming Events Date/Time Event Details Access April 13–17, 2026 Bioethics Intensive Course In-person educational experience designed for students, trainees, … Methodist Research Institute. Register April 16–17, 2026 from 9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ethics Medicine Innovation (EMI) …
departments › ... › cardiothoracic-surgery
… repairs of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, representing one of the largest experiences in aortic surgery the world Our surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s have performed more than 1,000 … in multiple mitral and tricuspid valve clinical trials Consistently ranked in the Top 20 for heart surgery by U.S. …
research › ... › tissue-arrays
… Tissue array is a composite paraffin block that contains tens and hundreds of … 0.6 to 5 mm round "punch" of representative tissue sample from routinely prepared whole section paraffin block and …