Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Need to optimize drug design? COOKIE-Pro can help.

October 2, 2025 binding off-target, COOKIE-Pro, covalent inhibitor drugs, drug development, optimal drug design, Research, unwanted drug side effects

With COOKIE-Pro drug designers can see for the first time not just if a drug binds off-target, but how well and how fast.

From The Labs

NIH awards Baylor more than $15 million to fund two rare diseases consortia

September 30, 2025 acidemias, brittle bone disorders, Grants, Rare Diseases, Research

The funding is to renew the Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium for five years and to launch the Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium.

From The Labs

Collaboration to Advance Immune-Targeted Drug Discovery at Baylor College of Medicine

September 25, 2025 academia-industry collaboration, drug discovery, immune modulation, Research, small molecule drugs

The collaboration to develop novel small-molecule drugs allows for the fine-tuning of immune responses in multiple diseases.

From The Labs

Exercise is not just about burning calories; it also reduces appetite and here is how

September 23, 2025 AgRP neurons, appetite, Exercise, Lac-Phe, PVH neurons, Research, Weight Loss

The results suggest the exciting possibility of targeting this newly discovered mechanism for weight management.

From The Labs

Breast cancer clues hint at response to therapy in animal models

September 18, 2025 CDK4/6 inhibitor, endocrine therapy, ER+ breast cancer, neurofibromin, NF1, Research

The findings bring us one step closer to improving ER+ breast cancer patients’ response to therapy.

From The Labs

Baylor researchers uncovered how physical activity helps improve memory in Alzheimer’s disease

September 16, 2025 Alzheimer's Disease, EGF, Exercise, HB-EGF, hippocampus, Memory, Research

The findings open new possibilities for future treatments to prevent or treat the condition.

From The Labs

Ask Me About My Research with Dr. Felipe Andrés Piedra

September 11, 2025 AMAMR, Environment, plastic contamination, plastic-eating bacteria, Research

Dr. Felipe Andrés Piedra shares with a student from BCM Biotech Academy at Rusk his work training bacteria to eat plastic, aiding in the effort to create a cleaner, healthier world.

From The Labs

AI connects mutations, protein modifications and disease

September 9, 2025 AI, Cancer, DeepMVP, drug development, gene mutations, heart disease, neurological conditions, post-translational modifications, PTMAtlas, Research

The new AI tool, called DeepMVP, significantly outperforms previously published models and has implications for the development of novel therapeutics.

From The Labs

Food odors don’t just trigger cravings – when they persist, they can suppress appetite

September 4, 2025 apetite control, brain circuit, food smells, liver disease, Obesity, Research

Their findings suggest that smells play a more complex role in feeding behavior and regulation of food intake than was previously understood.

From The Labs

It’s not only genes, gene-diet interactions also regulate circadian rhythms

September 2, 2025 chronotherapy, circadian rhythm, ESRRgamma, gene-diet interactions, liver disease, Obesity, Research

The findings show that diet interacts with an individual’s genetic makeup, influencing daily patterns of gene activity in the liver, especially those related to fat metabolism.