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… BCM’s Internal Medicine Residency provides a unique and complementary set of clinical experiences for our residents. BCM Internal Medicine residents rotate … Anderson Cancer Center is the U.S. News & World Report’s number one cancer hospital in the country. Our program has …
news › bone-microenvironment-fosters-breast-cancer-metastatic-behavior
… deaths, and my lab has been interested in this phenomenon for many years,” said corresponding author Dr. Xiang H.-F. … capable of generating new metastasis. The team identified a number of metabolic pathways that were altered in cancer … Zhang, a McNair Scholar and member of Baylor’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center . These findings readily …
departments › ... › basic-neuroscience-research-pathway
… Genetics and genomics are rapidly uncovering the basis for neurological disorders, as animal and cellular models … Pathway in Child Neurology, and we are proud to be committed to funding our residents throughout their … In this way, a Basic Neuroscience resident has a tremendous number of options through which they can work with a mentor …
news › novel-gene-therapy-for-heart-failure-closer-to-the-clinic
… resulted in heart tissue renewal and improved function when compared with pig hearts in which the Hippo signaling … than all cancers combined. The best current treatment for heart failure is a heart transplant, but the number of hearts available for transplant is limited, …
news › d-mannose-reduces-age-triggered-changes-in-urinary-tract-that-increase-susceptibility-to-utis
… Aging poses a number of challenges to the body’s well-being, one of the … researchers show in the journal Developmental Cell that, compared to the younger counterpart, the aging urinary tract … in urinary tract functionality, suggesting that this common, over-the-counter supplement could improve this …
news › a-new-treatment-for-patients-with-alagille-syndrome
… has developed a new treatment that could change the outlook for patients with Alagille syndrome. The condition affects … hallmark of the condition is a significant decrease in the number of ducts that transport the bile out of the liver,” … system in Alagille syndrome is liver transplantation but it comes with significant risks, long waiting times and …
academic-centers › ... › program-overview
… “Clinical activities” means he or she could be: attending committee meetings, helping to write hospital policies, … our clinical ethicists (including fellows) perform their professional responsibilities in keeping with the … chart notes Our ethics consultation volume is very high, numbering 450-500 formal ethics consultations a year. As a …
news › how-the-common-fungus-candida-albicans-colonizes-the-gut
… their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years causing no health problems, C. albicans can turn … fungus colonizes the gut is key to preventing it from becoming harmful. Working with a mouse model, researchers at … of General Medical Sciences of the NIH under Award Number T32GM136554. Further support was provided by the …
research › ... › publications
… Deposition Pattern Serves as a Functional Epigenetic Mark for Distinguishing the Developmental Potentials of iPSCs”, … Patterns”, PLOS ONE, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Article Number: e15336, 2011. (*Co-First Author) Bo Zhang, Beibei … preference profiles of crucial transcription factors”, PLoS Computational Biology, 2(5): e47, 2006. Yong Zhang, Shiwei …
departments › ... › eswatini
… is based in Mbabane, eSwatini. In May 2015, the Program completed construction on a clinical and laboratory facility to serve as a Swazi national referral center for pediatric TB and host a broad range of translational … immunity. The Global TB program is collaborating with a number of investigators from other institutions in eSwatini …