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news › dawn-to-sunset-fasting-could-help-those-suffering-from-metabolic-syndrome
… Baylor College of Medicine doctors studying the effects of dawn-to-sunset fasting have found more evidence that when you eat … properties against a number of illnesses, some related to metabolic syndrome, including cancers. “Those findings … Dawn-to-sunset fasting could help those suffering from metabolic …
news › study-to-determine-cyclosporines-role-in-treating-hospitalized-covid-19-patients
… Medicine will launch a randomized clinical trial this week to determine whether the drug cyclosporine is effective in … patients. For about 40 years, cyclosporine has been used to prevent rejection of solid organ transplants and to treat … the drug has a good safety profile, is expected to target the body’s hyperimmune response to COVID and has been …
news › what-you-need-to-know-after-getting-the-covid-19-vaccine
… rollout begins across the country and everyone is eager to get back to normal life, it can be confusing to understand what you … we still need to be cautious of spreading the virus in the community. First, it is important to get both doses of the … What you need to know after getting the COVID-19 vaccine …
news › detailed-3d-map-created-from-mouse-brain-to-support-machine-learning
… Baylor College of Medicine, the Allen Institute and Princeton University as part of a project to learn principles from … years to create and is publicly available for anyone in the community to browse and use. It maps the fine structures and connectivity of approximately 200,000 brain cells and nearly 500 million …
healthcare › clinical-trials › h-49270
… The purpose of this research is to compare the effects, good or bad, of prasinezumab versus … Parkinson's disease who are taking standard medication to manage their symptoms. Prasinezumab is an experimental … In people with Parkinson’s disease, 〈-synuclein clumps together inside brain cells, which causes the cells to become …
news › dynamic-twists-and-loops-can-enable-dna-to-modulate-its-function
… DNA double helix in cells is supercoiled and constrained into loops. This supercoiling and looping are known to influence every aspect of DNA activity, but how this happens has not been clear. Published in the journal Nature Communications , a study by researchers at Baylor College of …
news › zoghbi-to-receive-genetics-leadership-award
… the cause of many of Rett’s symptoms and explained why females are more often affected. “Dr. Zoghbi’s accomplishments … and dedication we should all strive for,” said Dr. Les Biesecker, 2019 ASHG president. Another of Zoghbi’s …
news › baylor-miehr-center-to-research-environmental-health-disparities-in-pregnancy-outcomes
… has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a new Maternal and Infant Environmental Health … and Health Disparities . The goal of this new center is to identify key drivers of racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth and hypertensive disorders …
news › baylor-recruiting-for-study-to-observe-covid-19-in-cancer-patients
… Cancer Institute is conducting a nationwide natural history study to learn how COVID-19 affects cancer patients and … how COVID-19 impacts the course of cancer treatment and outcomes. “We are looking to see if cancer type, treatment type … of the land. The more information we have about what is happening with this disease, the better we’ll know what we …
news › molecular-profiling-of-meningioma-can-lead-to-improved-prognosis-and-therapy
… NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital continued their efforts to improve tumor prognostication. The team reports that … Health Organization system, which divides meningiomas into three categories: WHO grade I (benign), grade II … grade III (malignant). "The WHO system relies on tumor histopathology; that is, the appearance of tumor cells under …