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A collaborative team of scientists led by Baylor College of Medicine has assembled the largest study to date to evaluate cancer risk in children with…
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A new study by clinical researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital offers insight on the primary triggers and management…
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A cancer immunotherapy research group at Baylor College of Medicine has secured Investigational New Drug regulatory clearance through the FDA to…
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A potentially disease-modifying therapy for osteoarthritis has reached a key milestone now that a U.S. patent has been issued for FX201, a gene-…
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Baylor researchers used imaging techniques to visualize sparse microbes in the placenta, which they and other researchers speculate may contribute to…
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As microbiome research matures, it is leading to a major reassessment of biological processes within the human body.
Researchers have determined a unique fraction of the genome that scientists should focus on. Their report, which provides a “treasure map” to…
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About 54 million Americans have low bone mass, putting them at risk of developing osteoporosis, which is characterized by bone fragility and discrepancies in both quality and quantity of bone mass in the body.
About 54 million Americans have low bone mass, putting them at risk of developing osteoporosis. During National Osteoporosis Awareness Month, Dr.…
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Dr. Christie Ballantyne, chief of cardiology
Two drugs used to lower LDL cholesterol have been proven to be even more effective when combined in a fixed dosage.
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The Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Excellence in Research recognizes outstanding members of the Baylor College of Medicine faculty for their…
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The Society of Surgical Chairs has developed recommendations for the transitioning of senior surgeons. 
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Gliogene, a study that aims to identify hereditary links of glioma, a rare and deadly form of brain cancer, has begun recruiting families affected by…
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A discovery from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and others opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the…
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In a new review article published in CHEST, a team from Baylor College of Medicine outline an in-depth multi-disciplinary understanding of radiation-…
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In a promising development, researchers released initial findings from the first two patients treated in a Phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of…
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have come up with a simpler, faster approach to avoid some technical aspects of CRISPR and make it available as an off-the-shelf ingredient for genetic engineering.
A team has developed a new bioinformatics tool that analyzes CRISPR pooled screen data and identifies candidates for potentially relevant genes with…
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Dr. Christie Ballantyne, chief of cardiology
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found that troponin I, a protein that is most commonly used to diagnose heart attack, can be detected…
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