Ana Rodríguez, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

For many cancer patients, the problem is metastasis – the dissemination of tumor cells to other organs – after the primary tumor has been eliminated.

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Sometimes, scientists solve medical mysteries in a day’s work

June 19, 2017 developmental disability, flexible joints, gene datasets, GSPT2, Human genetics, MAGED1, X chromosme, Xp11.22

It all began on a Thursday, the day Dr. Daryl Scott goes to clinic to visit patients. One of the patients was a young male with

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‘Superbugs’ might have found their match: Bacteriophages can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

June 16, 2017 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Bacteriophages, E. Coli, phages, superbugs

Envision the following possible future clinical scenario: a patient in a hospital develops an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection that is untreatable or only treatable with the

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Image of the Month: Lipid droplets in the transparent worm C. elegans

June 1, 2017 Aging, animal model, C. elegans; worms, microbes and diet, Model organisms

Meet Caenorhabditis elegans, a 1-millimeter-long, transparent, free-living roundworm that is the center of attention of many research laboratories around the world, including Dr. Meng Wang‘s

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2017 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Research Excellence

May 26, 2017 2017 DeBakey Award for Research Excellence, Breast Cancer, Cardiothoracic Surgery, DeBakey award, endocrine cancer, gene regulation, Neuroscience, NK cells, Norovirus, Primary immunodeficiencies, Prostate Cancer, rotavirus

The five winners of this year’s Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Research Excellence exemplify the breadth and depth of scientific research at Baylor College

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CRKL in 22q11.2; a key gene that contributes to common birth defects

May 24, 2017 22q11.2, Birth defects, CRKL, cryptorchidism, DiGeorge syndrome, Genetics, genitourinary birth defects, hypospadias, kidney birth defects, mouse model

The 22q11.2 region of human chromosome 22 is a hotspot for a variety of birth defects. Scientists learned about this region because it is deleted in

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Mouse blood vessels and immune system can team up against cancer metastasis

May 19, 2017 angiogenesis, anti-blood vessel therapy, Breast Cancer, Breast cancer microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Mouse models, T cells, vessel normalization

Picture a shapeless, small mass of tumor cells inside an otherwise healthy organ. The tumor is growing, thanks, among other things, to its ability to

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Bacteria living in your gut may help diagnose colorectal cancer

May 15, 2017 colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer, diagnostic test, gut microbiome, microbiome

Those millions of bacteria living in your gut may someday be your allies in early detection of colorectal cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer-associated death in

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Mutated genes and rogue proteins can reveal new ways to treat breast cancer

May 10, 2017 Breast Cancer, breast tumor, mass spectrometry, personalized treatments, proteogenomics, tumor xenograft

Scientists are puzzled by mysteries such as, why a certain drug that induced one tumor to shrink in one patient did not affect the growth

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Largest study of malignant brain tumors finds new genetic markers for two distinct glioma subtypes

May 5, 2017 brain tumor, genetic markers, Genetics, glioblastoma, Glioma

In 2017, approximately 24,000 people will be diagnosed with malignant brain tumors and 17,000 will die from the disease in the United States. The most

Author: Ana Rodríguez

Out of the body and into bone-in culture: new technique tests drugs for metastatic cancer

Sometimes, scientists solve medical mysteries in a day’s work

‘Superbugs’ might have found their match: Bacteriophages can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Image of the Month: Lipid droplets in the transparent worm C. elegans

2017 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Research Excellence

CRKL in 22q11.2; a key gene that contributes to common birth defects

Mouse blood vessels and immune system can team up against cancer metastasis

Bacteria living in your gut may help diagnose colorectal cancer

Mutated genes and rogue proteins can reveal new ways to treat breast cancer

Largest study of malignant brain tumors finds new genetic markers for two distinct glioma subtypes