Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Mouse model shows that Notch activation can drive metastatic prostate cancer

August 23, 2016 Metastasis, metastatic prostate cancer, mouse model, Notch signaling pathway, Prostate Cancer, Pten gene, Research

Nearly 200 thousand men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Most of the deaths associated with prostate cancer occur in advanced stages of the

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Through the looking glass, fluorescent signals reveal the workings of a fly’s brain

August 19, 2016 ASAP, calcium indicator, electrodes, fluorescent voltage indicator, Neuroscience, two-photom microscopy

[listen to audio] Bain activity is fast. Millisecond fast. When a person, a mouse or a fly sees an object, neurons in their brains display

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Study shows many people use non-prescription antibiotics

August 16, 2016 A Matter of Health, antibiotics, bacterial infections, non-prescription antibiotics, resistance to antibiotics, viral infection

“You may be putting your health at risk unnecessarily by using non-prescription antibiotics,” said Dr. Larissa Grigoryan, an assistant professor of family and community medicine

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Gene TMEM230 suggests a novel mechanism for Parkinson’s disease

August 12, 2016 Neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, synaptic vesicle, TMEM230; dopamine; vesicle trafficking

In the United States, Parkinson’s disease – the second most common neurodegenerative disorder without effective treatment – affects about 1 percent of the population older

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Targeting B-cell malignancies with κ-specific T cells can lead to complete clinical responses

August 9, 2016 antibody light chains, B-cell lymphoma, Cancer, chimeric antigen receptor, Immunology, Immunotherapy, T lymphocytes

Treating cancer with the patient’s own immune cells has been successful. In particular, treating B cell malignancies with the patients’ own immune T cells modified

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A single species of gut bacteria can reverse autism-related social behavior in mice

July 25, 2016 autism spectrum disorders, behavior, developmental disorders, diet, high-fat diet, microbiome, Pregnancy, Prenatal

The absence of one specific species of gut bacteria causes social deficits in mice. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report June 16 in Cell

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Twinning linked to genes tied to reproductive fitness traits

July 20, 2016 dizygotic twins, fraternal twins, FSHB, Genetics, reproductive fitness, SMAD3, Twinning

Bearing fraternal twins, or dizygotic (DZ) twinning, runs in families, is potentially influenced by more than one gene and is linked to a maternal factor.

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The mTOR pathway: a new avenue for breast cancer cells to promote tumor growth

July 6, 2016 anti-tumor response, Cancer, cancer immunology, G-CSF, Immunology, mTOR, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)

Cancer cells respond in various ways to the body’s attempts to eliminate them. One strategy is to recruit immune cells in the body, such as

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Image of the Month: C60 fullerene ‘bucky balls’ help deliver pharmacologic agents to cancer cells

July 1, 2016 bucky ball, Cancer, cancer treatment, drugs, Nanotechnology, nanothecnology

Drs. Steven Curley and Stuart Corr in the Electromagnetic Field and Nanomaterials Research Laboratory at Baylor are linking nanoparticles, such as the C60 fullerene bucky

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DNA origami: designing structures with potential new uses in nanotechnology

June 30, 2016 algorithm, cryo-electron microscopy, DNA origami, imaging, Nanotechnology

Scientists are using DNA to build nano-scaled devices – DNA origami – that could be used to improve our understanding of basic biological mechanisms as well as