Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Cancer is currently understood not as a single disease, but as a collection of diseases that can develop through alterations in different molecular pathways. This

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Becoming metastatic: how FOXA1 triggers metastatic behavior in breast cancer

January 16, 2020 endocrine resistant breast cancer, ER positive breast cancer, FOXA1, HIF-2a, Metastatic breast cancer, Research

About 75 percent of breast cancers have estrogen receptors, hence they are called estrogen receptor positive (ER+). Original ER+ breast cancer cells depend on estrogen

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There is a new player in adult bone healing

January 14, 2020 bone healing, bone repair, bone stem cells, CCL5, inflammation, Research

Adult bone repair relies on the activation of bone stem cells, which still remain poorly characterized. Bone stem cells have been found both in the

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Image of the Month: Nervous tissue of the fruit fly embryo

January 7, 2020 fruit fly, IQSEC1, neurodegenerative disorders, rare disease, Research, schizo

The fruit fly is a valuable animal model to unravel the genetic causes of both rare and more common human diseases. This Image of the

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The making of a ‘couch potato mouse’

December 30, 2019 AgRP neurons, couch potato, DNA methylation, epigenetics, Exercise, hypothalamus, overnutrition, Research

Some people love to exercise, but others hate it. Many researchers consider genetics to be the reason for a person’s inclination to exercise, or not

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Restoring protein imbalance improves memory deficits in Down syndrome

December 23, 2019 Down syndrome, integrated stress response, ISR, memory deficit, protein homeostasis, Research

Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability. The disorder occurs when a person has three, instead of two, copies of chromosome

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Unexpected viral behavior linked to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children

December 19, 2019 adenovirus, Coxsackievirus, enterovirus, Research, type 1 diabetes, virome

Viruses have long been suspected to be involved in the development of type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, but consistent evidence connecting viruses to the