Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Of fruit flies, genes and aortic aneurysms

June 21, 2018 aortic aneurysm, ari-1, fruit fly, parkin, Research

One of the goals of Dr. Hugo Bellen’s lab is to conduct genetic screens in the fruit fly to identify genes that cause neurodevelopmental and

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Absence epilepsy – when the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’

June 19, 2018 2-photon microscopy, absence epilepsy, childhood epilepsy, Research, seizures

At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in class. As the teacher watched

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Crucial support to study rare diseases: hemostasis and thrombosis

June 14, 2018 Allison Mickey, blood clotting, hemostasis, Mary Rhodes Gibson Foundation, Research, thrombosis, von Willebrand factor

Disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis are serious blood conditions leading to excessive bleeding or clotting, respectively. Although our understanding of these conditions has advanced significantly

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David vs Goliath: how a small molecule can defeat asthma attacks

June 12, 2018 asthma, PM-43I, Research, small molecule, STAT6

An invisible particle enters your lungs. The next thing you know breathing becomes difficult. You are having an asthma attack. Asthma is one of the

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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species

June 7, 2018 Allison Mickey, Earth BioGenome project, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research

In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers, including a team from Baylor

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Image of the Month: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes after a blood meal

June 5, 2018 Aedes aegypti, chikungunya virus, dangerous animals, Dengue Fever, mosquito-transmitted disease, Research, yellow fever, Zika virus

The mosquito Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. It can transmit Zika virus, chikungunya virus, dengue virus and

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Searching for supplements that prevent folic acid-resistant neural tube defects

May 31, 2018 environmental health, folic acid supplement, formate, neural tube defetcs, Research, Slc25a32 gene

Folic acid supplementation is considered one of the most significant public health breakthroughs in recent years. By providing mandatory folic acid fortification, as 87 countries,