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Addressing the problem of physician shortages

July 14, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Economics, health policy, Healthcare, Physician shortages

In the past month, my immediate family has had three situations requiring urgent but not emergent medical care. In all three situations, the first-available appointment

From The Labs

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

Policywise

Engineering Eden: The quest for eternal life

June 2, 2017 bio-enhancement, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, Kristin Kostick, Religion, Transhumanism

Editor’s note: This post is related to The Enhancing Life Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The project is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of scholars who

From The Labs

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

From The Labs

Of mice, men and proteasomes; OTUD6B variant causes intellectual and physical disability

May 3, 2017 developmental disorders, Human genetics, intellectual disabilities, Mouse models, OTUD6B, physical disabilities, proteasome, whole exome sequencing

One of Dr. Magdalena Walkiewicz’s patients had not received a genetic diagnosis for his condition that included a number of intellectual and physical disabilities. After

Momentum

Shaping the future of healthcare through biodesign

May 3, 2017 biodesign, Dr. Farzad Soleimani, Emergency Medicine, innovation, Texas Medical Center, TMCx

When you hear the word “biodesign” what comes to mind? The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Biodesign Program is an initiative within the TMC Innovation Institute

From The Labs

No SOX9, no cartilage; and how DDRGK1 causes a rare human skeletal dysplasia

April 11, 2017 cartilage, DDRGK1, dwarfism, Genetics, SEMD, Skeletal dysplasia, SOX9

SEMD, Shohat-type spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, is a rare type of skeletal dysplasia that affects the development of cartilage and results in a form of dwarfism with a

Policywise

Big data, brain science and mental health care

April 7, 2017 bioethics, Brain science, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Dr. Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, ethics, Mental Health, Neuroscience

The Atlantic recently ran a fascinating article about improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy by using big data to inform practice. In it, the author notes that there

Momentum

Sharing innovative prosthetics research with tomorrow’s healthcare leaders

April 4, 2017 Baylor Global Health, Orthotics and Prosthetics, prosthetics, School of Allied Health

While many high school students went on vacation during spring break in March, one group of students spent time learning about global health challenges and

From The Labs

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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