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Image of the Month: Top Three Most Viewed Images of the Month, 2017

December 5, 2017 Batten disease, C. elegans, lipid droplets, tumor blood vessels

Each month, From the Labs posts an image representative of research conducted at Baylor College of Medicine. These three are the most viewed images of

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Image of the Month: The underappreciated astrocyte

November 8, 2017 astrocyte, brain cancer, glial cells, Neurological disorders

The brain has billions of cells of which only 30 percent are neurons. Astrocytes are the predominant cell type of the remaining 70 percent. Surprisingly,

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Image of the Month: An activated human NK cell

October 2, 2017 Cancer, Gata2, immune system, myelodysplastic syndrome, NK cells, viral infections

NK or natural killer cells are members of the immune system critical for the control of viral infections and cancer. Research at the Emily

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Image of the Month: What causes myotonic dystrophy, type1

September 5, 2017 alternative splicing, CELF1 and MBNL proteins, CTG repeat, CUGexp, DM1, DMPK gene, MEF2 transcription factor, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, RNA splicing

Myotonic dystrophy, type 1 (DM1) is the second most common cause of muscular dystrophy and numerous other muscle disorders that affect tens of thousands of

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Image of the Month: Mechanisms of cancer survival

August 1, 2017 alternative splicing, cancer survival, CD44, EGFR signaling, Image of the month, PI3K/Akt signaling

Among other studies, the lab of Dr. Chonghiu Cheng is pioneering research projects to better undertsand the role alternative splicing plays in cancer. “We have been

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Image of the Month: Micro-model of the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

July 5, 2017 cryo-electron microscopy, molecular model, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

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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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Image of the Month: Mouse brain with Batten disease

May 1, 2017 Juvenile Batten disease, lysosomal disorder, neurological disease, waste storage disorder

Juvenile Batten disease is one of nearly 50 human cellular waste storage disorders. In the Sardiello lab, researchers use genetics, cell biology and systems biology approaches

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Image of the Month: Close and personal with bacteriophage P22

April 3, 2017 bacteriophage P22, cryo-electron microscopy, imaging, Nanotechnology, P22 virus, protein chemistry

For nearly 30 years the laboratory of Dr. Wah Chiu, Distinguished Service Professor and Alvin Romansky Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Baylor has

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Image of the Month: Lighting up blood vessels in a tumor

March 1, 2017 blood vessels, Cancer, cancer treatment, fluorescent quantum dots, radio frequency fields

When a mouse breast tumor is exposed to radio frequency (RF) electric fields the interaction between RF electric fields and the cancer tissue causes tumor vessels to

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