Rearranging genomic structure rewires gene control in cancer
Widespread DNA damage is common in the cancer genome. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to it is of great interest to cancer physicians and scientists
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‘Give me the calcium!’ Tulane virus takes over cellular calcium signaling to replicate
Some gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of viral life, such as entry into host cells, genome
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Learning to stop cancer at its roots
Why do some cancers come back? Sometimes, a treatment can effectively eliminate cancer cells to undetectable levels, but, if the treatment stops, cancer may return.
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Image of the Month: cardiac fibroblasts
This Image of the Month features the cardiac fibroblast, a cell that is central to heart failure, the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.
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Molecular profiling of meningioma hints at tumor behavior
Meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors, are typically benign. One-fifth of them, however, recur despite complete surgical removal. Reliably predicting whether a patient’s tumor
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Congratulations Dr. Peggy Goodell, Baylor’s new member of the National Academy of Medicine!
Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Goodell, chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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From my perspective: Dr. Joshua Adams shares his experiences in Baylor College of Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program
From the Labs interviewed Dr. Joshua M. Adams to learn about his experiences during his training in Baylor College of Medicine‘s M.D./Ph.D. program. He has
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IQSEC1 gene mutations cause new intellectual disability syndrome
It used to take several years or sometimes decades to unequivocally identify the genes that cause rare human syndromes that affect very few individuals. Nowadays,
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When tau tangles, RNA errors can happen in Alzheimer’s disease
The tau protein is a key player in Alzheimer’s disease. It tangles and accumulates inside brain cells and this, in combination with increasing cell death,
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What the Hippo pathway in cardiac fibroblasts reveals about heart function
Heart failure remains the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart. Without oxygen, part of
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