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Baylor Genetics, a joint venture clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, and the Department of Molecular and Human…
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A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker…
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We show that three-dimensional chromatin structure is preserved in a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin. In this photo Valerii Plotnikov and Dan Fisher are examining the skin after it was excavated from permafrost.
A team led by scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica and Centre for Genomic…
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Researchers have identified unique 3-dimensional features called TULIPs in the genome of posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma, a difficult-to-…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and collaborating institutions have shown that serotonin 2C…
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A study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered new potential therapeutic targets for cancer and new insights…
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Research led by Baylor College of Medicine has shown that a new therapy significantly reduces triglyceride levels in individuals with mixed…
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The world’s population has increased by more than 2.6-fold in the last 60 years. The growing trend continues – projections indicate that the number…
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2024 DeBakey Award winners
This year’s Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Awards were given to six faculty members at Baylor College of Medicine in recognition of their…
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Artificial Intelligence representation of computer circuits and the human brain
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Yale University incorporated generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create a foundational…
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Illustration of COVID cells.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID has the unsettling ability of often generating variants of itself. Other viruses also mutate, but as SARS-CoV-…
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Dr. Mary Dickinson, senior vice president and dean of research at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named a 2023 Fellow by the American…
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Picture in your mind a traditional “landline” telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA…
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As millions of Americans approach age 66, they face the inevitable question, is it time to retire? The physician population is aging alongside the…
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DNA
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have tested the feasibility of using human cell transdifferentiation with RNA sequencing to facilitate…
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