Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

One more reason to focus on prenatal care – stronger muscles for newborn babies

February 3, 2017 cortisol, fetal muscle growth, glucocorticoids, low-birth rate, muscle development, Nutrition, poor growth, premature birth, Prenatal, prenatal care, Stress

Born too soon, she weighed just over 1 pound at birth and spent the first three months of her life in the neonatal intensive care

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Image of the Month: the Human Heart

February 1, 2017 cardiovascular research, Heart month

In the month of February, From the Labs celebrates the human heart. At Baylor College of Medicine, researchers are carrying out pioneering basic cardiovascular research that

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How do muscles grow up? Check alternative splicing

January 30, 2017 alternative splicing, Genetics, heart muscle, muscular disorders, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, skeletal muscle

Growing up is a complex affair, even for muscles. In the mouse, for instance, newborn muscles grow into adult muscles within the first three weeks

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Surviving bodily defenses: human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection

January 24, 2017 evasion of immune response, Gastrointestinal diseases, human intestinal enteroids, Interferon, model of human gut, rotavirus

The gut of a child infected with rotavirus is like a battleground. On one side, the virus invades the epithelial cells that form the lining

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A pill to prevent Alzheimer’s disease might someday be a reality

January 18, 2017 Alzheimer's Disease, fruit fly model, Genetics, mouse model, Nuak1, Parkinson's Disease, tau

Taking a pill that prevents the accumulation of toxic molecules in the brain might someday help prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease, according to scientists at

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Improving the view on the genetic causes of retinitis pigmentosa

January 13, 2017 blindness, CRISPR/Cas9, Genetics, REEP6, Retinitis pigmentosa, visula impairment

Progressive development of night blindness and tunnel vision, sometimes from the early age of 2, are trademarks of retinitis pigmentosa. Being the most common inherited

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“Freeze-frame” synthetic proteins capture DNA events leading to cancer

January 11, 2017 Cancer, cancer evolution, DNA repair, E. Coli, Freeze-frames proteins, Genetics

Cancer scientists have focused on identifying signature genetic changes present in cancerous cells and understanding how these changes lead to cancer. Although this approach has

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How breast cancer can become resistant to hormone therapy

January 9, 2017 Breast cancer resistance, Brest cancer resistance, estrogen receptor-positive, FOXA1, IL-8, Metastasis, tamoxifen

Despite the overall success of hormone therapy, breast cancer tumors in patients with metastatic disease often fail to respond. One new mechanism that can explain

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Future scientists inspired by recipients of Breakthrough Prize

January 6, 2017 Alzheimer's Disease, Award, Parkinson's Disease, Rett Syndrome

Since being honored with the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Huda Zoghbi has been busy, but not just with