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Brain Neuro
Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide and as our life expectancy increases, more individuals are expected to be affected in…
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Shortages of pediatric cancer medicines threaten outcomes
For chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, treatment often involves lifelong injections. Fear of needles, injection-associated infection…
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Brain Neurons
Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease result from the loss of specific types of neurons due to abnormal accumulation…
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Brain
A new study reveals a new gene associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior. The evidence shows that rare mutations in the gene for the serotonin…
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Microscopy Images: (Left) Oak Leaf Surface, (Right) Mouse Brain Neurons
The U.S. Postal Service announced seven new stamp subjects for 2023, and this round there is a Baylor connection. Two images produced by Jason Kirk,…
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Follow the journeys of your colleagues on Progress Notes where Baylor medical students share their stories from the clinics.
Final exams often cause stress and anxiety among adolescents because of the pressure they may feel from their parents, teachers and peers as well as…
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Human Microbiome Research
One of the major challenges in microbiome science has been distinguishing what is a potential environmental contaminant from a true, bona fide…
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NASA Artemis Launch
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine, with consortium partners California Institute of…
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Huda Zoghbi Lab
Dr. Huda Zoghbi has been named the 2023 winner of the August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research and will be honored at the 2023 Indiana…
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A new study says cracking and popping sounds might be early predictors of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.
Baylor College of Medicine has been named a site for the Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain (RE-JOIN) Consortium. Baylor researchers…
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Balck and white x-ray of a person's head and neck, side view
Years to decades after breast tumors have been removed, cancer may return or metastasize in other organs. Bone is frequently affected by metastasis…
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prostate cancer cells
Finding valuable therapeutic interventions for prostate cancer has long guided the research of Dr. Feng Yang’s lab at Baylor College of Medicine. In…
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Breast Cancer Cells
About one-fourth of recurrent estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers lose ER expression, which renders them resistant to endocrine therapy…
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drugs
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions discovered that the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin can potentially be…
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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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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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