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Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Global Women’s Health Initiative are increasing global health efforts in Malawi with a new maternity operating room in the capital city of Lilongwe.
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Global Women’s Health Initiative are increasing global health efforts in Malawi with a new maternity…
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Human metastatic breast cancer cells in lymph nodes.
A new laboratory technique can rapidly test the effectiveness of treatments for life-threatening breast cancer metastases in bone.
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Colorectal Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine
Researchers have identified specific types of bacteria that seem to be abundant in individuals with colorectal cancer.
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Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi
Dr. Huda Zoghbi is being honored by the Gairdner Foundation with the 2017 Canada Gairdner International Award for seminal discoveries and…
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Dr. David Poplack at the Texas Children's Cancer Center, the pediatric cancer program of the Duncan Cancer Center.
A recent $1.5 million grant will expand the Passport for Care program, which ensuring that childhood cancer survivors in Texas receive healthcare…
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Researchers found that those who continued taking their cholesterol-lowering medication prior to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery had better…
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Dr. Gabriel Loor, director of lung transplantation in the division of cardiothoracic transplantation and circulatory support in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery.
Dr. Gabriel Loor, a cardiac surgeon whose research focuses on maximizing donor organs for lung transplant recipients, has joined Baylor College of…
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Baylor College of Medicine and Hess Corporation are partnering to offer a free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education curriculum for schools nationwide.
Baylor College of Medicine and Hess Corporation are partnering to offer a free STEM education curriculum for schools nationwide.
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The Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
The Human Genome Sequencing Center has been named a participant in a half-billion dollar program to bring whole genome sequencing to the forefront of…
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Scalp-cooling device cuts hair loss in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Dr. Julie Nangia reports the results of her research studying the effectiveness of scalp cooling therapy in reducing hair loss in women undergoing…
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An image of a human brain. The brain is shaded blue with a streak of green passing from the left side to the right to indicate a brain tumor.
Research suggests detecting brain tumors at the earliest possible stage and eliminating them before seizures begin might be possible one day.
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Ethics of Consent for the Public Release of Potentially Identifiable DNA Data
Dr. Jennifer Kramer and colleagues examine the link between HCV and other cancers within the U.S. elderly population.
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Baylor and the other 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers endorsed recently revised recommendations from the CDC on the need to…
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Dr. Joseph Lamelas, associate chief of cardiac surgery in the division of cardiothoracic surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery.
Dr. Joseph Lamelas has joined as associate chief of cardiac surgery in the division of cardiothoracic surgery and will conduct surgeries at Baylor St…
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Ben Taub Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine has announced a new Department of Emergency Medicine with Dr. Dick C. Kuo, associate professor of emergency medicine, as…
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Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named to receive the 2015 Vanderbilt Prize in…
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