Dr. Huda Zoghbi named the 2022 Kavli Prize Laureate in neuroscience
Dr. Zoghbi is being recognized for two discoveries – ATAXIN1, the gene responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia 1, and MECP2, the gene responsible for Rett syndrome.
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Huda Zoghbi honored with prestigious Breakthrough Prize
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, pioneering neurologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, was awarded a prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a
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Healthy Habits: Dr. Huda Zoghbi jogs, hikes to improve fitness
Taking care of your health is a priority and nobody knows that more than physicians and healthcare providers. It can sometimes be difficult to find
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Huda Zoghbi: A lab of her own
Immigrants make the journey to the United States for a number of reasons. For physician and medical researcher Huda Zoghbi, her journey began with a
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Rett patients receive a new gene therapy treatment at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Nearly 25 years after the discovery that mutations in MECP2 gene cause Rett syndrome, the first gene therapy trial for this difficult-to-treat condition is underway.
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PARMESAN: An AI-based predictive tool to find new treatments for genetic disorders
PARMESAN scans public biomedical literature databases, identifies and ranks gene-gene and drug-gene regulatory relationships and even leverages curated information to predict undiscovered relationships.
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Ataxia mutant protein uses distinct partners to drive toxicity in different brain cells
This study proposes a mechanism for the differential vulnerability of brain cells and regions to toxic mutant proteins.
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Restoring long-term memory recall in a mouse model of Rett syndrome
Researchers have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus.
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In memoriam of genetics pioneer Dr. C. Thomas Caskey
Dr. C. Thomas Caskey built the genetics program at Baylor from the ground up, founding and growing the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics into a national leader in the field.
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Dr. Helen Heslop elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Election to the National Academy of Medicine recognizes outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
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