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news › halloween-candy-trick-or-treat
… temptation to succumb to excess sweet treat consumption on Halloween can be enchanting, but too much candy can lead to … with a few tips to keeping wicked eating habits at bay on All Hallows’ Eve. “Sugar gets broken down into glucose by your … This Halloween, Rustveld wants parents to know that the best way …
news › are-you-a-helicopter-parent
… for their child to be safe, successful or not to be emotionally harmed, as well as anxiety to keep up with the Joneses … at Baylor. A helicopter parent is one who does not allow for their child to do things that most would consider to be developmentally appropriate on their own with less direct intervention …
news › changes-in-the-blood-could-protect-against-alzheimers-disease
… “Our lab has long been studying blood stem cells, also called hematopoietic stem cells,” said lead author Dr. … stem cells live in the bone marrow and generate all the different types of blood cells the body needs to … divide more than others, forming a clone. This process is called clonal hematopoiesis and it has been linked to a …
news › some-p53-mutations-could-help-fight-cancer
… The gene p53 acts as a tumor suppressor and often is called the ‘guardian of the genome.’ This gene is central to … of therapy that helps the immune system attack cancer, called immune checkpoint inhibitors. Tumors carrying the p53 … Kang Liu, Lidija A. Wilhelms Garan and Fang-Tsyr Lin, all at Baylor College of Medicine, contributed to this work. …
news › understanding-the-path-from-genetic-changes-to-parkinsons-disease-opens-possibilities-for-early-diagnosis
… The researchers focused on a common Parkinson’s risk gene called SPTSSB, which helps regulate the first steps in the synthesis of sphingolipids. The team specifically focused on an SPTSSB variant known as rs1450522, which … the amount of protein SPTSSB produced in the brain, especially in neurons, and the levels of sphingolipids in blood, …
news › how-to-play-ping-pong-safely
… and how to avoid them with proper warm up and form. You usually think about working the hand and wrist in ping pong … so they have a lot more movement, kind of like an actual small tennis match,” said Dr. Adil Ahmed , assistant professor … make quick movements and take quick steps to hit the ball, especially if your opponent hits a good angle. “If you …
news › optimizing-tissue-oxygenation-in-breast-reduction-surgery
… on the T-Junction was feasible, safe and acceptable in a small sample of patients undergoing bilateral breast … Flores-Camargo, Ramkinker Mishra and Alastair Thompson, all at Baylor College of Medicine. This work was supported …
news › using-generative-ai-assistant-to-interpret-pharmacogenetic-test-results
… for statins, which indicate whether a person is genetically predisposed to have a better or worse response to … authors of this work are Bo Yuan, Eric Venner, Christie M. Ballantyne, Katherine M. Robinson, James C. Coons, Liwen Wang … UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Hospital. This work was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us …
news › its-a-match-for-pandemic-era-medical-students
… school during the pandemic may have seemed unfortunate initially, but now students are poised to continue their training … friends in attendance at the on-campus event that it is called Match Day for a reason. “It is not called ‘Selection Day’ – you are not being selected; you are …
news › three-new-mcnair-scholars-join-baylor-college-of-medicine-as-the-college-hosts-the-12th-annual-mcnair-symposium
… of mitochondria-dependent cell death nearly eliminates all disease in mouse models of muscular dystrophy, which … changes in the offspring gut microbiome that are causally related to autism-like social deficits. She joined the …