Autophagy: Protector against lung inflammation and fibrosis
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. When bacteria or viruses invade the body, a process called autophagy, or “self-eating,” springs into action to take the invaders to
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Author: Ana Rodríguez
Study links tumor recurrence to growth factor commonly used in high-risk neuroblastoma treatment
By Dana Benson A human growth factor that expands white blood cells in response to infection could be driving growth of neuroblastoma cancer stem cells
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Image of the Month: Tunneling NanoTubes and macrophage communication.
Macrophages, gatekeepers of tissue integrity, are able to communicate at a distance through cellular connections coined Tunneling NanoTubes, membrane channels that contain actin and microtubules
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Depolarizing wave may trigger sudden death in epilepsy
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. They call them “brain tsunamis,” but the slow, depolarizing electrical waves that can silence the activity of brain cells for as
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Interaction of estrogen receptor and coactivators seen for first time
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For more than 50 years, Dr. Bert O’Malley, chair of Baylor College of Medicine’s department of molecular and cellular biology,
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Frame shift defines molecular diagnosis in rare disease
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. In 1969, Dr. Meinhard Robinow and colleagues identified what they called a “dwarfing” syndrome – a genetically dominant trait
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Improve patient safety by reducing hazards of health information technology
Improve patient safety by reducing hazards of health information technology By Julia Parsons As the use of electronic health records expands, new opportunities and challenges
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Image of the Month — Love for Vaccine Development
This is an image showing a heart-shaped aggregate of microparticles, which were formulated for the development of a vaccine against Chagas disease at the Sabin
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MiMIC proves versatile tool for fruit fly research
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The “Swiss Army Knife” of the fruit fly laboratory – dubbed MiMIC (Minos-mediated integration cassette) – provided the basis for
Read MoreA matter of health — Naming disorders brings order to nomenclature
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Ever wonder how diseases or disorders get their names? Why aren’t diseases caused by gene mutations named after the gene involved?
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