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departments › ... › arrhythmogenic-right-ventricular-dysplasia
… was first reported as the partial replacement of the right ventricular myocardium by fat or fibrous … researchers described the disease as "auricularization of the RV curve due to loss of the contractile power of the … electrical disturbances of the heart (arrhythmogenic) are common and tend to affect the right ventricle more than the …
news › asprosin-hormone-treatment-diabetes
… for patients suffering from a rare genetic condition called neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) that keeps the body … into a discovery that could potentially impact the lives of millions of people living with type 2 diabetes. The … extremely low levels of body fat piqued his imagination. Both patients had lived their entire lives with this …
news › novel-approach-reduces-sca1-symptoms-in-animal-model
… that a mutation in the ATAXIN-1 gene leads to accumulation of Ataxin-1 (ATXN1) protein in brain cells and is the root … balance (ataxia) and muscle weakness. People with SCA1 typically survive 15 to 20 years after symptoms first appear,” … to be planned carefully. “The role of ATXN1 in the brain is complex,” said Zoghbi, director of the Jan and Dan Duncan …
news › researchers-learn-to-control-brain-cell-that-triggers-tremor
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological … have improved our understanding of how tremor — the most common movement disorder — happens, opening the possibility … Some can be intermittent or constant and occur sporadically, or some can be associated with many other …
news › scientists-unexpected-results-research-tool
… Puzzled by their experimental results, a team of scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas … mice. They used an optogenetic approach by which they genetically introduced into specific neurons a light-sensitive … but surprisingly the neurons did just the opposite,” said first author Jessica Messier, who is a McNair …
news › disease-causing-genetic-changes-chromosome-17
… is a condition that results from having an extra copy of a small piece of chromosome 17 in each cell. A different … journal Cell . “In a previous study we had proposed that both duplications and deletions of a small piece of … in common the same alterations in the same area of DNA. We call them recurrent alterations because we observe recurrent …
news › promising-approach-to-mitigate-complications-of-leukemia-treatment
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have engineered … graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) and cancer relapse, which typically emerge after treating leukemia with allogeneic … Mamonkin said. The team wanted to protect patients from both GVHD and cancer resurgence without eliminating their …
news › new-technology-uncovers-mechanism-affecting-generation-of-new-covid-variants
… virus that causes COVID has the unsettling ability of often generating variants of itself. Other viruses also … and collaborating institutions developed a new technology called tARC-seq that revealed a genetic mechanism affecting … mutation frequency of SARS-CoV-2 and types of mutations, both in cell cultures in the lab and clinical samples. “We …
news › pfa-ependymoma-brain-tumors-display-unique-3d-genome-features-that-could-be-exploited-therapeutically
… Researchers have identified unique 3-dimensional features called TULIPs in the genome of posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma, a … with each other over very long distances. TULIPs at opposite ends of a chromosome can find ways to interact with … unique 3D genome features that could be exploited therapeutically …
departments › ... › surgical
… a few years ago after careful research, solicitation of resident feedback, discussion with surgical training … surgery as early as their second month of residency and typically complete at least 5 primary cataract surgeries in … experience at Baylor College of Medicine is among the best in the nation and one of our program’s greatest …
