news › nih-funds-texas-health-institutes-for-hiv-research
… serve as the lead site of the new Texas Development Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR). Funded through a grant from the … is an urgent need for more research and infrastructure to combat this epidemic in the state. “If you look at HIV in … public health entities and the community. It takes a whole team to make an impact on the HIV epidemic across the state …
news › pickleball-injuries-in-older-adults
… As pickleball is becoming increasingly popular among older adults, they should … of Medicine sports medicine expert explains how injuries form and best practices to keep the body flexible. The … who is also a member of the orthopedic and sports medicine team at Baylor Medicine. Surgery is the only solution to …
news › novel-molecule-disrupts-several-molecular-pathways-that-lead-to-cancer-growth
… with several pathways that promote cancer growth. Combining 5D4 with another cancer inhibitor, talazoparib, … the investigation toward further developing this strategy for clinical use. “Cancer development involves many steps of … and signaling pathway deregulation. About 10 years ago, our team discovered that protein TopBP1 is at a convergent point …
departments › ... › dr-heilbronner-awarded-nih-brain-connects-grant
… professor of neurosurgery and McNair Scholar , is part of a team of researchers that has been awarded a $16 million … picture of the brain that shows how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in both time and space. … notes. “Neurons in the brain are highly specialized for the communication of information. However, not all …
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… This lack of experience has been particularly true for disabilities that are uncommon in women, such as spinal cord injury. One study … deficits in knowledge about possible disability-related complications of pregnancy with spinal cord injury, … and give birth to healthy babies if they have a health care team that is knowledgeable about potential risks related to …
news › integrating-gaba-and-dopamine-signals-to-regulate-meal-initiation
… initiation and food intake. The findings have implications for the development of improved therapies to manage obesity, … a long time. In this study, they focused on a little-known component of the serotonin regulation of food intake. They … including the arcuate of the hypothalamus (ARH). The team showed that the ARH circuit and two neurotransmitters, …
news › itsn1-gene-linked-to-risk-of-parkinsons-disease
… older than 65 years. This work, led by an international team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, … Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, could pave the way for new treatments aimed at slowing or preventing … disease progression. “Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, still has no cure. To …
news › clingen-advances-knowledge-of-clinical-relevance-of-genes-and-variants
… has published data on more than 2,700 genes curated for relevance to genetic diseases, including cancer, … at Baylor focuses on developing software infrastructure and computational approaches to enable researchers to scale up … hereditary cancer disease genes. “The software engineering team at the Baylor Bioinformatics Research Laboratory …
news › bcm-uh-awarded-44-2-million-grant-to-create-regional-hub-for-translational-research
… Science Award Program grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Research to create a regional … hub to serve as a support for infrastructure, services, community engagement and workforce development to advance … collaborative spirit of everyone involved. It truly was a team effort.” Currently, more than 60 leading medical …
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… Conserved Epigenetic Erosion. Cell Stem Cell. 2020;27(2):326-35 e4. View in PubMed Datar GK, Goodell MA. Where There's … MA, Stephan C, Davies PJA, Dawson MA, Sun D, Huang Y. A combination strategy targeting enhancer plasticity exerts … lethality against BETi-resistant leukemia cells. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):740. View in PubMed Choi BK, Fujiwara K, …