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research › ... › astro-introducing-the-anxiety-intensity-scale
… Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety …
research › ... › astro-module-8-social-barriers-and-social-skills
… , this module may be especially helpful for you. … anxiety due to social and communication differences and challenges. They could have trouble understanding what is … Just like all the other types of anxiety we have discussed, the best … social anxiety is for them to face it head on by gradually experiencing social situations that make them nervous. …
news › surprising-structure-discovered-in-disordered-protein
… In recent years, scientists had come to believe that all gene-regulating proteins made up of flexible or “floppy” … Baylor scientists studied this issue using factors called “BAF complexes,” which open DNA, a key early step … colleagues show that disordered parts of BAF use a protein called beta-catenin as an adapter to link up with other …
news › breakthrough-in-human-norovirus-research-researchers-overcome-major-obstacle-to-grow-and-study-the-virus
… Baylor working in Dr. Mary Estes’ lab . “While this system allowed researchers to infect cells and study the virus, it … versions of HIEs to understand why norovirus growth usually stops,” said co-author Dr. Sue Crawford , assistant … signaling of these chemokines through their receptors would allow human norovirus to replicate better in HIEs,” Kaur …
news › how-does-metformin-lower-blood-sugar
… a previously unrecognized new player mediating clinically relevant effects of metformin: the brain. By uncovering … effects of metformin.” The team focused on a small protein called Rap1, found in a specific part of the brain known as …
research › ... › module-8-social-barriers-and-social-skills
… , this module may be especially helpful for you. … anxiety due to social and communication differences and challenges. They could have trouble understanding what is … Just like all the other types of anxiety we have discussed, the best … social anxiety is for them to face it head on by gradually experiencing social situations that make them nervous. …
news › new-method-reveals-cellular-makeup-of-environments-that-favor-metastatic-cancer-growth
… behavior, fate and even response to therapies. “Our method allowed us to identify specific cells encountered by cancer … Biology Program working in the Zhang lab . “The method, called Sortase A–Based Microenvironment Niche Tagging … microenvironments of multiple cancer models in all the organs studied, including bone, lung, liver and …
departments › ... › t32-research-training-program
… a wide range of topics related to cardiovascular disease. All T32 faculty mentors have active laboratories, have been …
news › improved-understanding-lou-gehrigs-disease
… of how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, develops. A common feature of … and increased accumulation of aberrant lysosomes. In all cells, including neurons, dysfunctional proteins are tagged and sent to a complex called the proteasome that disposes of them. Previous studies …
news › new-approach-helps-scientists-uncover-disease-linked-genes-that-traditional-methods-can-miss
… Published in Nature Genetics , the new approach, called Tractor-Mix, addresses a longstanding challenge in genetic research. Many existing methods struggle … signals." Genome-wide association studies, commonly called GWAS, compare the DNA of thousands of people to …