Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Image of the Month: Close and personal with bacteriophage P22

April 3, 2017 bacteriophage P22, cryo-electron microscopy, imaging, Nanotechnology, P22 virus, protein chemistry

For nearly 30 years the laboratory of Dr. Wah Chiu, Distinguished Service Professor and Alvin Romansky Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Baylor has

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How the brain remembers fearful experiences

March 31, 2017 Alzheimer's Disease, brain circuits, brain spike pattern, fear, fearful experience, Memory, Neuroscience, place cells, rat model

Dr. Daoyun Ji drives to his lab every morning. If asked, he can easily recall the route he takes, “but, what are the brain signals

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The underappreciated astrocyte; a vital link between brain tumors and epileptic seizures

March 30, 2017 astrocyte, brain tumor, epilepsy, glioblastoma, neurons, seizures

The brain has billions of cells of which only 30 percent are neurons. Astrocytes are the predominant cell type of the remaining 70 percent. Surprisingly,

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Juvenile Batten disease, a problem with cellular waste management

March 29, 2017 AKT, Alzheimer's, cellular waste, Huntington’s, Juvenile Batten disease, lysosomes, Neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, TFEB

Like a large dynamic city, a cell carries out many activities that generate waste. Waste needs to be disposed of properly in order for the

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'Listening' to single cells may uncover cancer origins

March 20, 2017 Cancer, cancer cells, gene expression, MATQ-seq, pancreatic cancer, single cell analysis

Listening to a single voice in a crowd can be difficult. In a similar way, determining gene expression in single cells has posed quite a challenge.

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Toys and science connected on new free STEM initiative

March 3, 2017 Community Outreach, Hess Truck and Dragster, Science Curriculum, STEM education

Connecting toys with science is one of the best ways to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education curriculum. And that is what a collaboration between

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Image of the Month: Lighting up blood vessels in a tumor

March 1, 2017 blood vessels, Cancer, cancer treatment, fluorescent quantum dots, radio frequency fields

When a mouse breast tumor is exposed to radio frequency (RF) electric fields the interaction between RF electric fields and the cancer tissue causes tumor vessels to

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Timing exercise with muscle fuel switching could help you lose weight

February 28, 2017 circadiam rhythm, circadian rhythm, Diabetes, exercise endurance, gucose metabolism, HDAC3, lipid metabolism, Muscle fuel switch

Skeletal muscles change their fuel preference according to a circadian rhythm. Mouse muscles, for instance, use glucose as fuel when the animals are awake and

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Autism spectrum disorder: if not vaccines, then what?

February 24, 2017 ASD, Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, brain growth, epigenetics, Global Burden of Disease Study, vaccines and autism

New information gained from major scientific papers over the last two years has shed light on the causes and progression of autism spectrum disorder. Estimates

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Out of sync, out of health: Social jet-lag linked to liver cancer in mice

February 14, 2017 bile acids, CAR gene, circadiam rhythm, circadian disruption, circadian rhythm, liver cancer, social jet lag

Our bodies are in sync with the planet’s day-and-night cycle thanks to an internal timekeeper, the circadian clock that regulates practically all the functions of