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… a new Baylor College of Medicine led study in mice shows for the first time that a different molecular level of … being more physically active. Today, in the journal Nature Communications , Baylor researchers and colleagues report … change in energy balance, things got more interesting. The team expected to find differences in food intake between …
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… The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center serves Harris County and eight … fourth largest city in the U.S. and a cultural melting pot. Compared to the national average, people in Houston are … median of 39 years. In addition, Houston has a higher foreign-born population (29% vs. 14%), a higher poverty rate …
news › quality-control-for-single-cell-imaging
… One size doesn’t necessarily fit all when it comes to testing the effects, including cancer and other … Core at Baylor. “When it comes to screening tools for most toxicology assays, many people want a single answer … necessarily getting the most accurate results. What our team did was to create this imaging assay able to find the …
news › two-distinct-tuberculosis-subtypes-ided-implications-for-personalized-therapy
… Hospital, in collaboration with the German Center for Infection Research, identified two main subtypes or … which a person could develop the condition and that the outcome depends on the immune response produced by the infected … precision medicine therapies. Led by Coarfa, the team applied cutting-edge unbiased bioinformatic techniques …
news › neuronal-activity-shapes-the-development-of-astrocytes
… the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain function. They report in the journal Nature that … is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this developmental process … path? Through several experimental approaches the team discovered that neurons produce a neurotransmitter …
news › new-proteins-involved-in-spinocerebellar-ataxia-provide-insight-into-selective-neuronal-vulnerability
… published in Neuron , charts an investigative path for a better understanding of regional vulnerability in … models result from the enhanced activity of the ATXN1-CIC complex. However, ATXN1 protein is widely expressed and … that are critical for the ATXN1-CIC interaction. The Zoghbi team found that these two mutations fully ablated the …
news › ai-used-to-reduce-intrapartum-stillbirths-and-early-neonatal-deaths-in-malawi
… Malawi and the Malawi Ministry of Health. Their efforts in using artificial intelligence augmented continuous … professionals in the United States to promote safe outcomes for mothers and babies. The deployment of this … is being deployed in the nation’s capital, Lilongwe, the team saw 7,500 deliveries last year and are projected to …
news › novel-brain-circuit-discovery-and-therapy-might-tackle-coinciding-obesity-and-depression
… appetite, but of the animals’ change of food preference. Before the treatment, the mice naturally preferred to eat a … provide evidence that supports the involvement of a neural component.” To investigate the neuronal circuits that could … also developed anxiety and depression. In these mice, the team studied the function of neuronal circuits. “We …
news › study-finds-dbs-increasingly-viable-option-for-treatment-resistant-ocd
… In the fight against treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one option, deep brain … OCD continues to increase, a group of researchers led by a team at Baylor College of Medicine sought to understand the … at Baylor. “The advantage to doing so is that while we perform more DBS cases for OCD than other places in the …
news › unanticipated-aspects-of-the-genetic-regulation-of-different-brain-tumors-uncovered
… A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has … and Marian K. Blattner Chair of neurosurgery and the Center for Cancer Neuroscience at Baylor. Deneen also is the … with a group of proteins called histone deacetylation complex, while in EPN Sox9 interacted with oncofusion …
