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From Brazil to Baylor: Avon Global Breast Cancer Clinical Scholars

July 8, 2016 Allison Mickey, Avon Global Clinical Scholars Program, Brazil, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

Beyond providing excellence in care to patients with breast cancer and developing new approaches to treating the disease, Baylor College of Medicine’s Lester and Sue

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Throwback Thursday: Breaking ground

July 7, 2016 Cancer, Cancer Moonshot Initiative, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, History, Houston, Nicole Blanton, pharmacology, protein research, Research, Throwback Thursday

Did you know that the nation’s first nuclear protein laboratory was organized at Baylor College of Medicine? In this 1972 photo from Inside Baylor Medicine

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Realistic 3D printing helps Baylor doctors train, master complex surgeries

July 6, 2016 Dr. Richard Link, Education, Healthcare, Houston, Jacques Zaneveld, Lazarus 3D, molecular and human genetics, Smriti Agrawal, Student Life, Technology, Urology

Detailed 3D printed models are changing the way surgeons approach complex surgeries while paving the way for a revolution in surgical training. Thanks to the

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A commitment to honor and medicine

July 5, 2016 Affiliates, Community, Dr. Daniel Musher, Dr. Timothy Porea, Dr. William T. Butler, Education, Healthcare, History, Houston, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research

From our first affiliated hospital, to an accelerated wartime medical program, Baylor College of Medicine has supported the military for members both active and retired.

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Gene therapy: An out-of-body experience

July 1, 2016 Affiliates, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, David Vetter, Dr. Christopher Scott, gene therapy, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Research

On April 1, 2016, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the first ex-vivo (outside the body) gene therapy in the Western Hemisphere. Diseased stem cells

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Throwback Thursday: Just Like Us

June 30, 2016 Andy Phifer, History, Houston, Student Life, Throwback Thursday

Our medical students are a special breed (no one works as hard as they do for the fun of it), but in a lot of

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Immersive summer program shares world of science, medicine with undergrads

June 29, 2016 Community, Education, Houston, Research, SMART program, Technology, undergraduate

For nine weeks, undergraduate students from across the country join our doctors and researchers to get hands-on experience in science, healthcare and research. This year,

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Difficulty swallowing can indicate more serious problem

June 29, 2016 Dr. Kenneth Altman, Dysphagia, Dysphagia Awareness Month, GERD, Healthcare, Houston, Institute for Voice and Swallowing, otolaryngology, swallowing disorders

There are a number of reasons why people may have difficulty swallowing (also known as dysphagia) – ranging from a simple sore throat or tonsillitis,

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Has Zika transmission begun in the continental United States?

June 28, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Peter Hotez, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Zika virus

Is it possible that Zika has already entered Aedes aegypti mosquito populations within the continental United States and that people in the at-risk areas of

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Baylor Narrative Medicine's ‘Off Script’ storytelling hour

June 28, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Events, Healthcare, Houston, Narrative Medicine Program

Within the Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, the Narrative Medicine program has begun taking roots. Founded by Dr.