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A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is gaining ground in their search for solutions to the global problem of bacterial antibiotic…
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To enjoy the scent of morning coffee and freshly baked cookies or to perceive the warning smell of something burning, the brain needs two types of…
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As the body ages, organ function progressively declines and the risk for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and…
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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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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a crucial regulator of the anti-cancer immune response that could change the game in the…
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Clinical Sequencing Research
A new investigation led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and…
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered to be the gold standard to treat an episode of refractory depression. However, over the last decade,…
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Baylor College of Medicine’s top educational leaders were honored at Faculty Awards Day, held earlier this month in the College’s Cullen Auditorium.
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A microscopy image of a typical neuroblastoma
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Cancer Center and collaborating institutions report interim results from a first-in-human…
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Somatic mosaicism occurs when somatic cells, or the body’s non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic…
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Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common and second deadliest cancer. How colorectal cancer develops is not well understood, but a team led by…
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MDA-MB-453 human breast cancer cells
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have identified a strategy cancerous tumors use to remotely disrupt the…
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Neuropathy is a type of chronic pain triggered by nerve injury or certain diseases. It affects millions of people worldwide, significantly…
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As people get older, they aspire to live healthy lives as free as possible from the natural decline of cognitive abilities that occurs with aging. At…
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Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine and Translational Research Institute for Space Health leadership (left) celebrate the new agreement with leadership from the Korea National Institute of Health (right) at NASA HRP Investigators' Workshop in February 2023.
A new agreement between Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine and the Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) will enable new…
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Research supports the promise of psychedelics in treating conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but the future regulatory…
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