Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

A novel computational approach helps researchers identify connections between genes involved in different neurodevelopmental disorders.

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National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2020

September 24, 2020 Postdoc appreciation week, Research

From the Labs celebrates National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a sample of the work conducted by Baylor postdocs.

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Not all human norovirus strains are created equal, in their sensitivity to interferon

September 22, 2020 gastroenteritis, human intestinal enteroids, human norovirus, Interferon, Research

A new study reveals that human norovirus strains differ in sensitivity to the body’s first line of defense.

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Teaching AI to remember

September 17, 2020 AI, artificial inteligence, deep neural networks, forgetfulness, Memory, replay, Research

Researchers developed a new method to protect artificial intelligence (AI) from forgetting what it previously learned.

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Researchers discover novel regulators of myelin repair and regeneration

September 15, 2020 Daam2, glial cells, myelin repair, Nedd4, oligodendrocytes, Research

This work offers new possibilities to potentially repair and regenerate damaged myelin after an injury or in myelin-associated neurological disorders.

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Novel PROTAC has a two-front improvement

September 3, 2020 BTK, PROTAC, protein degrader, Research, reversible covalent chemical binder

Researchers developed a novel PROTAC with enhanced intracellular accumulation and improved ability to neutralize target proteins inside cells.

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Image of the Month: E. coli bacteria growing on mini-guts

September 1, 2020 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antimicrobials, bacterial infections, Image of the month, infectious disease, phages, Research

Infectious microorganisms, including disease-causing E. coli bacteria (pink) shown in the image, cause a third of all deaths world-wide.

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Regulating gene regulatory regions offers a novel mechanism to control ATXN1 levels

August 27, 2020 ataxia, ATXN1, balance problems, gene regulation, microRNA, movement problems, Research, SCA1

Researchers identified a novel mechanism that regulates ATXN1 levels and reduces SCA1 symptoms in animal model.

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To be or not to be in the ER, that is the question

August 25, 2020 BMP4, endoplasmic reticulum, ERAD, misfolded proteins, NGLY1, proteasomal degradation, Research

Researchers discovered a new way cells can dispose of misfolded proteins that may help better understand human NGLY1 deficiency.

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Fighting cancer with rejection-resistant, ‘off-the-shelf’ therapeutic T cells

August 20, 2020 alloimmune defense receptor, cancer therapy, CAR T cells, Off-the-shelf therapeutic T cells, Research

Baylor College of Medicine researchers extend the life and effectiveness of off-the-shelf, cancer-fighting immune T cells.