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Research at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and collaborating institutions is moving a novel promising gene therapy to treat…
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Our cells follow a molecular clock that controls cell metabolism, much like the body’s circadian rhythm controls sleep cycles. Researchers at Baylor…
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Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have a new strategy to attack…
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Together with Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University and Illumina, researchers at Baylor College of…
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While smoking-related head and neck cancers are declining in the U.S., human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal, or throat, cancer is on the…
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Clinical Sequencing Research
In the two decades since the Human Genome Project mapped the entire human genome, improvements in technology have helped in developing updated…
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is the most common genetic form of brittle bone disease and results in defects of both bone and connective tissue. OI…
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New strategy fights bacterial antibiotic resistance
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have received a $12 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to identify non-…
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Recipients of Baylor College of Medicine’s 2021 Faculty Awards were announced virtually on Thursday, May 19. These awards recognize Baylor faculty…
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When resecting tumors, surgeons aim to spare as much healthy tissue as possible while ensuring removal of the entire tumor. Pediatric surgeons at…
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According to some estimates, hundreds of genes may be associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but it has been difficult to determine which…
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Baylor College of Medicine will serve as the lead site of the new Texas Development Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR). Funded through a grant from…
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MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome is a genetic disorder affecting energy metabolism.…
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Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that a failure in the development of sperm cells can lead to the formation of testicular tumors in…
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Biological E. Limited has completed the Phase I/II clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed at Baylor College of Medicine and…
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, yet researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found that…
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