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… to successful drug discovery in the twenty-first century comprises many routes, some of which lead to dead ends or are unpromising. Careful … to that success. The Center for Drug Discovery uses state-of-the-art equipment and techniques and sophisticated … that with DEC-Tec, the CDD has the capacity to drastically improve success rate of discovery and subsequent …
news › new-assay-studies-multiple-cellular-pathways-once
… approach developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine expands from two to six the number of molecular … with the dual luciferase assay, a type of testing method commonly used across biomedical fields. Published in the … gene together sequentially forming a single DNA chain called vector. This single vector enters the cells where …
news › loss-of-ataxin-1-gene-linked-to-alzheimers
… collaborative study including researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard … which is known to cause the rare neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), also can … beta peptides typical of the condition, alterations in both neuronal connectivity and the production of new …
news › new-institute-to-study-behavioral-plasticity-in-locusts-to-support-sustainable-food-systems
… Locusts have a reputation of biblical proportions – when swarming they have been known to consume entire crops and devour grass for livestock. In doing so, they can … of how grasshoppers transform into locusts – a phenomenon called locust phase polyphenism – and develop innovative …
research › ... › midiendo-su-nivel-de-ansiedad
… ansioso, pero no es lo suficientemente alto o intenso como para ser un 10, elegirías un número intermedio. … o "difícil" en su lugar. Identificando la Ansiedad Como es más fácil ver los signos físicos de la ansiedad, … útil. Por ejemplo, si ve que su hijo/a no quiere salir a la calle porque ha visto un insecto, puede ser un buen momento …
news › a-promising-drug-delivery-method-could-replace-injections-with-pills
… chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, treatment often involves lifelong injections. Fear of needles, … encourages the development of new delivery strategies that combine efficacy with limited side effects to treat patients … Britton lab has developed the tools and expertise to genetically modify probiotic bacteria to produce and release …
news › study-uncovers-beneficial-relationship-between-gardening-and-osteoarthritis
… Gardening/yardwork is one of the few forms of leisure physical activity that people … cross-sectional study were part of a large cohort called the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI). The cohort … until their 60s. The way that osteoarthritis develops and evolves makes it challenging to study. Waiting 20 …
news › breakthrough-in-human-norovirus-research-researchers-overcome-major-obstacle-to-grow-and-study-the-virus
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report in Science Advances a breakthrough in … of HIEs to understand why norovirus growth usually stops,” said co-author Dr. Sue Crawford , assistant professor … to replicate better in HIEs,” Kaur said. “We tested a drug called TAK 779, originally developed to block chemokine …
news › how-does-metformin-lower-blood-sugar
… for more than 60 years, researchers still do not have a complete picture of how it works. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine … a previously unrecognized new player mediating clinically relevant effects of metformin: the brain. By …
news › child-with-rare-epileptic-disorder-receives-long-awaited-diagnosis
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research … epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), associated with a severe, complex form of epilepsy and developmental delay. Their … but it impacted a non-coding gene right next to it, called MEF2C-AS1, that regulates the levels of MEFC2,” Chao …
