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Drawing of a liver and magnifying glass
Excessive alcohol use and obesity are known to increase the risk for developing cirrhosis and liver cancer, but the risk is not the same for everyone…
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Stethoscope in doctor's office
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in children and young adults and can result in negative short- and long-term outcomes. To understand how to expand…
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Artist rendition of brain and eye network
The eyes are often referred to as the “windows to the soul.” In fact, there is a grain of neurobiological truth to this. An international research…
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Pregnant woman
A new clinical trial is underway at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine that will give women with absolute uterine factor…
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Astronaut in space
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine, with consortium partners California Institute of…
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Weight loss doctor Houston
Obesity has increased rapidly in recent decades to affect more than 2 billion people, making it one of the largest contributors to poor health…
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Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s, a Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor…
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Image of a young boy sneezing into a tissue.
As fall arrives, cooler temperatures encourage people to spend more time outdoors. An expert at Baylor College of Medicine reminds allergy sufferers…
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Smear
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have engineered immune cells to control two major life-threatening…
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The flu vaccine is now recommended for everyone over 6 months old, including pregnant women.
Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial that will compare how well two different flu vaccines protect individuals…
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Artist rendition of a synapse
Baylor College of Medicine researchers in the Tolias Lab and the Xiaolong Jiang Lab are part of a global collaborative led by the Allen Institute to…
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A partial cross-cut model of human lungs.
The therapeutic drug pirfenidone has been found to be a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by…
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Get the dirt on germs
Fall weather brings festivities and guests to our homes, as well as some unwelcome guests, including allergies, colds and sinus infections. Dr. Tran…
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Sequencing and Analysis
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a grant for more than $12 million from the National Institutes of Health for a third five-…
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Artist rendition of a brain made out of circuits
In the fight against treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one option, deep brain stimulation (DBS), is slowly gaining popularity…
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Elderly woman reading a book
Suggesting assisted living to your loved ones can be a very difficult conversation. It may take time for older adults to come around to the idea of…
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