'Listening' to single cells may uncover cancer origins
Listening to a single voice in a crowd can be difficult. In a similar way, determining gene expression in single cells has posed quite a challenge.
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All kids with cancer deserve a fighting chance
The numbers are compelling. The lives lost are absolutely heartbreaking. In Africa, more than 100,000 children will develop cancer this year, and the vast majority
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The new Common Rule: Relief and unresolved questions
Research involving human subjects has changed dramatically over the last 25 years, so it makes sense that the regulations governing it would need to evolve
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Surviving bodily defenses: human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection
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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“Freeze-frame” synthetic proteins capture DNA events leading to cancer
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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Life played richly: Learn to live a life of fulfillment
In her critically acclaimed one-person show, Let Me Down Easy, Anna Deavere Smith re-enacts interviews with people observing the rich identity of the human body,
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Healthcare market consolidation: What the dialysis industry tells us
There’s an American aversion to anti-competitive market practices. A capitalist society assumes that competition means more innovation, more choices, and lower prices, and that market
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Advancing HIV/AIDS treatment and research in Houston and beyond
While World AIDS Day is commemorated on December 1, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine are doing their part every day – both locally and
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Physician, husband address water scarcity in Kenya
Water is essential to maintaining life on earth. Roughly 70 percent of the earth’s surface is made of water. However, many countries lack access to
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Targeting two cell surface molecules can mitigate escape of solid glioblastoma tumors
One strategy to fight cancer cells involves ‘training’ the individual’s own immune system to fight the tumor, what is called immunotherapy. One form of immunotherapy
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