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education › ... › appointments-promotions
… Baylor College of Medicine is granting an automatic one-year extension of the tenure clock to all faculty … with evidence of good to excellent performance in at least one of the other academic mission areas of education, … appointments or promotions based on clinical mission alone, given clinical excellence in combination with evidence …
healthcare › ... › da-vinci-hysterectomy
… The surgery is done through the vagina. Because the incision is inside the … requires general anesthesia and a hospital stay of one to two days. Recovery before returning to work is … requires general anesthesia and a hospital stay of one to two days. Recovery before returning to work is …
research › baylor-research › faculty-recognition
… Award Dr. Susan Rosenberg honored with NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Zoghbi named Citation Laureate by Web of Science … The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s oldest societies and independent policy … physician-scientists who exemplify the pinnacle of pioneering and enduring, impactful contributions to improve …
research › faculty-labs › high-resolution-brain-imaging-lab
… and visualize functional activity in human brainstem. One set of experiments concern the processing of both … inputs. SC is located near the top of the human brainstem. One goal is to examine how top-down attention affects the … Marshall, and U. J. McMahan, The Architecture of Active Zone Material at the Frog’s Neuromuscular Junction , Nature …
news › gut-brain-connection-obesity-from-overeating
… levels of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), a hormone produced in the gut that is involved in managing the … where it inhibits the action of leptin, the satiety hormone; consequently, the animals continue eating and gain … Children’s Hospital . Researchers know that leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells, is important in the control of …
news › asprosin-hormone-treatment-diabetes
… Asprosin is a newly discovered hormone that is released by adipose tissue, traffics to the … the patients from generating a previously unknown hormone. This newly discovered hormone, named asprosin, appears … Discovery of asprosin, new hormone could have potential implications in treatment of …
departments › ... › clinical-learning-environment
… care teams include physicians, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, residents, as well as, nursing, … and extracorporeal circulatory support. We have one of the busiest ventricular-assist device (VAD) programs … Crew, stabilization of the patient, and transport to one of our Texas Children facilities. This communication hub …
news › celebrating-a-decade-of-neurological-research-at-the-jan-and-dan-duncan-nri
… discovered 72 disease-causing genetic mutations, completed one successful clinical trial for an intractable epilepsy, … may be used in patients’ lifetimes. The NRI fosters a one-of-a-kind research environment uniquely designed to … neurological research, and while there is more work to be done, I am immensely proud of the first decade of …
news › microbes-may-hold-the-key-for-treating-neurological-disorders
… Cell , also suggest that microbe-inspired therapies may one day help to treat them. Dr. Mauro Costa-Mattioli , … or other neurological disorders may have a microbiome component. … and Peter J. Turnbaugh. The authors are affiliated with one or more of the following institutions: Baylor College of …
news › early-training-delays-symptom-onset-in-mouse-model-of-rett-syndrome
… Cancer Center . “However, when the girls reached one or two years of age, they gradually lost the skills they … mice, a mouse model of Rett syndrome in which females lack one of the two Mecp2 genes, testing the effect of intensive … be affected, could help the girls retain specific milestones and delay the onset of symptoms,” Zoghbi said. Wei …