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Researchers at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $11.4 million in grants by the…
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Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver cancer in children. Researchers and physicians in the field are concerned because in the last decade HB…
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Many cancers, including some types of breast cancer, are driven by alterations in the activity of cellular enzymes called kinases. Therapies that…
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Dr. Benjamin Deneen, professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair in Neurosurgery and director of the Center for Cancer Neuroscience at…
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Just like a doctor adjusts the dose of a medication to the patient’s needs, the expression of therapeutic genes, those modified in a person to treat…
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Two independent mechanisms are involved in tuberous sclerosis
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report a new mechanism by which rotavirus induces diarrhea, interfering with the normal absorption of…
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The crew of Axiom Mission 3, from left to right: Axiom Space’s chief astronaut and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría will serve as commander. Italian Air Force Col. Walter Villadei will serve as pilot. The two mission specialists are Alper Gezeravci of Turkey and ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden. Credit: Axiom Space
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) will conduct a suite of human health and performance research projects during Axiom…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions working with human intestinal organoids, also called mini guts, have shed…
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Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recruiting adult volunteers for a research study evaluating whether the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)…
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Improving treatments for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive tumor with very poor prognosis and limited therapeutic targets, has been…
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Dr. Nuo Li, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine and a McNair Scholar, has been selected to be a part…
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Human Microbiome Research
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan conducted a phase I pilot study to assess the feasibility of using potato…
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Vaccines
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced that a team from the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at Baylor…
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Ireland and the United Kingdom as seen from space.
The commercial spaceflight industry is expanding opportunities for scientific research in space, but the industry needs clear ethical guidelines…
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Physical restraints in emergency departments (EDs) are used to keep staff and patients safe, but may lead to adverse physical consequences, such as…
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A digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus. Virus particles (colored in blue), are 40 nm in diameter, with an outer envelope, and an inner dense core.
Before SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, there was the Zika virus epidemic, lasting from 2015 to 2016. The Zika virus can cause serious birth defects and…
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