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Masks have become an essential accessory since the beginning of the pandemic, but it turns out that they protect us from more than just COVID-19.
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Clinical Sequencing Research
The Somatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium (SCGE), a massive research effort funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to accelerate genome…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are conducting a study to determine if a drug will increase sexual desire in men with Hypoactive Sexual…
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 The mammalian center for learning and memory, hippocampus, has a remarkable capacity to generate new neurons throughout life. Newborn neurons are…
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African-American men needed for prostate cancer study
A pilot human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC – a combination of…
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Depression Stress
Research has found that obesity and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety seem to often go hand in hand. Researchers at Baylor College of…
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Diabetes supplies
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine may have found an explanation for dawn phenomenon, an abnormal increase of blood sugar only in the morning…
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Dr. Yong Xu and his colleagues investigate the roles the brain plays in body weight control. Recent research from the Xu lab makes the case that SRC-1 is an important regulator of body weight.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital reported that, in a…
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Match Day 2021 group photo with masks
Fourth-year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine did not let a pandemic stop them from safely celebrating Match Day 2021. Match Day, held…
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Webinar
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital will host three webinars in collaboration with the Texas Center for Disability Studies at…
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (NRI) have…
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Many people think of the negative health impacts of COVID-19 as coming during the active infection, but the aftereffects of the virus can be serious…
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Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
A preclinical study published from the laboratory of Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan…
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Baylor College of Medicine announced that it is part of a movement to improve healthcare for older adults called the Age-Friendly Health Systems…
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Diabetes supplies
Baylor College of Medicine will serve as the lead center among a multicenter, international project aiming to use genetics to diagnose diabetes in…
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BRAIN Initiative to support Baylor doctors studying the neurocircuitry of depression
When we think about the causes of neurological disorders and how to treat them, we think about targeting the brain. But is this the best or only way…
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