Author: Ana Rodríguez

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Revealing unique features of the ‘antennae’ on light-sensing neurons

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cilia, non-syndromic blindness, photoreceptors, Research, retina, SPATA7

Practically all cells in the body have a single cilium, and antennae-like structure called the primary cilium, that seems to

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From the labs to commercialization: Companies merge to implement Baylor College of Medicine-developed therapies for cancer

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cancer therapy, commercialization, Marker Therapeutics, Research, T cells, TapImmune, tumor cells

Despite major advances in cancer therapy, conventional cancer treatments continue to be associated with devastating side effects for patients and

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Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments inflammation, insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity, interferon gamma, miR-30a, Obesity, Research, subcutaneous white fat, type 2 diabetes

About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them

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A simpler, faster CRISPR

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments bacterial genetics, CRISPR, gene editing, Research

CRISPR technologies can be programmed to target specific sequences of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations. This

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Together, big data, bench science and genome-wide diagnostics predict genomic instability that can lead to disease

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Alu elements, bench science, BigData, copy number variation, genome-wide diagnostics, genomic structural variation, Research

They are the most common repeated elements in the human genome; more than a million copies are scattered among and

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Connecting Tau aggregates, transposable elements and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

August 2, 2018August 10, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Alzheimer's Disease, genomic instability, neurlogic diseases, Neurodegeneration, Research, tau, transposable elements

Although it’s been known for years that the accumulation of Tau protein within brain cells in combination with progressive cell

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Heart NLRP3 inflammasome linked to atrial fibrillation

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments arrhythmia, inflammatory response, NLRP3 inflammasome. atrial fibrillation, Research, Stroke

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart arrhythmia, and it is particularly observed in the elderly human population, which is

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Looking at DNA repair defects may help identify elusive form of breast cancer

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Breast Cancer, DNA damage repair defects, Research, tumor resistance to endocrine treatment

Endocrine treatment-resistant estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer has historically been extremely difficult to detect at the time of diagnosis,

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The dark side of antibiotic ciprofloxacin

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments antibiotics, aorta tears and ruptures, aortic aneurysms and dissections, ciprofloxacin, extracellular matrix, fluoroquinolones, mouse model, Research

The use of ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics of the class of fluoroquinolones may be associated with disruption of the normal

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The genetic diversity in Africa is greater than in any other region in the world

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Batswana, genetic diversity in Africa, HIV, Research

Looking at a subset of HIV-positive children from Botswana, an international team of researchers, co-led by scientists from Baylor College

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