Neonatal dose of estrogen may prevent catastrophic epilepsy
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Some children are born with a devastating form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms that cause a life of severe seizures
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Tempura finds its Notch adding lipids to Rabs
A newly recognized gene called tempura plays a critical role in the activity of Notch, a signaling pathway that determines cell fate, said researchers at
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Opinion: What Women Need to Succeed in Science Attracting females to research careers—and keeping them there
By Huda Y. Zoghbi and Paul Greengard. Nearly every discussion of women in the sciences eventually arrives at the same question: Why, at a time
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Study points way to potential new treatment for brittle bone disease
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) treated with teriparatide, a form of parathyroid hormone approved for treatment of women with osteoporosis,
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High throughput microscopy zeroes in on new estrogen receptor regulator
A high throughput microscopy technique enabled Baylor College of Medicine researchers to identify a new modulator of estrogen receptor alpha that they called UBR5. It
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Brenner receives Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Malcolm Brenner, center, has been named a recipient of the Pediatric Blood and
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Why does late pregnancy increase the risk of breast cancer? The answer rests deep in the cells with a molecule called STAT5
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For a long time, scientists and physicians have been plagued by a quandary. Women who had early pregnancies had a
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Myotonic dystrophy disrupts normal control of gene expression in the heart
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The second most common cause of death in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1, an inherited form of muscular dystrophy with
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A pile-up of bile acids marks the path to liver cancer
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The road to liver cancer starts with a pile-up — the toxic accumulation of bile acids that act as tumor promoters.
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Baylor College of Medicine experts combine talents to solve 35-year-old mystery
A 35-year-old mystery that had disturbed the patient and her family was finally solved with the expertise of a host of experts – most
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