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news › triggering-autodegredation-as-mature-cells-begin-regeneration
… Stem cells in adult tissues are rare. When an injury occurs and damaged cells need to be replaced, the … to be a conserved genetic program for how mature cells become regenerative cells,” Dr. Jason Mills , senior author of … School of Medicine in St. Louis at the time of research, found that the genes Atf3 and Rab7b are upregulated in …
news › gene-rara-surfaces-as-potential-drug-target-in-pediatric-aml
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have uncovered a potential … childhood cancers. Moreover, the mutations that have been found do not seem to be susceptible to regulation by drugs,” … children with AML having high RARA levels,” Yi said. For a complete list of contributors their affiliations and the …
news › baylor-researchers-expand-diagnosis-for-xia-gibbs-syndrome
… Researchers at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine … disorder. The researchers mapped the missense mutations and found clusters in two regions of the AHDC1 protein … They also evaluated the study individuals’ symptoms as compared to individuals with AHDC1 truncating mutations and …
news › study-shows-safety-of-vaccinating-children-against-covid-19-after-previous-mis-c-diagnosis
… Though many children infected with COVID-19 experience mild symptoms … or are asymptomatic, a small subset develop a dangerous complication called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory … at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital found that the vaccine was well-tolerated in this group of …
news › neighborhood-level-factors-contribute-to-liver-cancer-disparities-across-texas
… highest rate of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – the most common form of liver cancer – in the U.S. Within Texas, incidence rates vary by … neighborhood residents are employed. Across Texas, they found that level of economic deprivation in a neighborhood …
news › examining-outcomes-in-children-with-down-syndrome-and-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia
… Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia … toxicity. In recent decades, new therapies have improved outcomes for the general population, but outcomes for children … Oncology Group clinical trials from 2003-2019 and found that children with Down syndrome and ALL still …
news › researchers-discover-a-new-metabolic-compound-that-regulates-body-weight
… Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and collaborating … in the journal Cell the discovery of BHB-Phe, a novel compound produced by the body that regulates appetite and … be used as fuel. However, in recent years, scientists have found that BHB increases in the body after fasting or …
news › bcms-board-of-advisors-adds-nine-new-members
… Baylor College of Medicine welcomed nine new members to its Board of Advisors. The Board … with the College’s Board of Trustees to provide counsel and support for advancing the strategic needs and mission of … the recently retired president of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation as well as the retired vice president of patient …
research › ... › prognostic-biomarkers
… of nuclear hormone receptors. It functions as a transcription factor when activated by its ligand estrogen and … gene, or overexpression of the HER-2/neu protein, is found in 20-30 percent of breast cancers. Amplified or … The predictive implications of HER-2 alterations are more complex and include resistance to hormonal therapy (1, 2), …
news › timing-dosage-statins-heart-surgery
… In a retrospective study of more than 3,000 coronary artery bypass grafting surgery patients, … Luke’s Medical Center , a part of CHI St. Luke’s Health, found that those who continued taking their … statin medication 24 hours or less prior to their surgery compared to the other groups,” said Pan, who is also with …
