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healthcare › ... › coronary-artery-disease-coronary-bypass
… the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and tissues of the body through a network of “pipes” called arteries and veins. The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich … blood to do its job. The vessels that feed the heart are called coronary arteries (shown in the diagram right) and …
healthcare › ... › ureteropyeloscopy
… ureter (a tube that links the kidney with the bladder) is called a ureterorenoscopy. The need to look inside the ureter … or a tumor affecting passage of urine. Kidney stones typically are formed within the kidney and then pass down into … the condition can become life-threatening. Ureteroscopy allows the surgeon to access the stone, disintegrate it with …
research › ... › clinical-evaluations
… Evaluations Unit (CEU) will coordinate and facilitate all clinical activities involved in translational research. … Consortium, Rush ET, Nagamani SCS. Clin Genet. 2018 Aug 26. Generalized metabolic bone disease and fracture risk in … H, Lee B, Nagamani SCS, Wang LL. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Aug 15;26(16):3046-3055. A randomized trial to study the …
research › ... › neurogenic-bladder
… sends telling you to urinate can be effected. This is called neurogenic bladder. Depending on the nerves affected, … may also be incontinent. Underactive bladders may not empty all the way when the person urinates. This can lead to other …
research › ... › therapeutic-probiotics
… spp. are most abundant in children who are generally refractive to CDI. There is a major gap in our … production and vitamin synthesis) may work in concert to allow L. reuteri to mold the local microbial community by … and selecting for the growth of more favorable microbes, all the while enhancing the health of the host. …
research › ... › research-projects
… basis for how recently emerged β-lactamases can hydrolyze all β-lactam antibiotics, including the last resort … resistant infections. Unfortunately, resistance to clinically available inhibitors is on the rise. We are using … design to develop inhibitors for several clinically-relevant β-lactamases. Widespread resistance to …
departments › ... › health-services-research-postdoc-fellowship
… physicians completing residency training as well as doctorally prepared trainees the foundational scientific and … participate in a comprehensive curriculum designed specifically to meet your methodological and career development … accepted for rolling admission. Postdoctoral Ph.D.s, doctorally trained clinicians such as nurses, psychologists, …
community › ... › saturday-morning-science-spring
… STEM program held on Saturdays throughout the year. SMS allows 6th – 12th graders in Houston and surrounding areas … careers, career development activities and mentored small group experiences. … group activity, and the second half will consist of a small group interactive discussion facilitated by BCM faculty, …
healthcare › ... › regeneration
… have to migrate outwards past the inner hair cells, through all the supporting cells to find its correct place in the … Even though outer hair cells change length when electrically stimulated, they cannot move in a manner that would allow them to make their way through the intervening …
healthcare › ... › treatment
… . Neurogenic TOS is typically treated with physical therapy and most patients can … exercises. Treatment with a therapist for a few weeks is usually followed by a home exercise program which you continue … . The clot in the vein is initially treated with clot dissolving medication, with blood …