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It’s not just what you eat, but when you eat that can affect your health

April 30, 2020 Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, dawn-to-sunset fasting, Research

“You are what you eat,” states a popular phrase. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine add that when you eat also can affect your health.

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From my perspective: Dr. Ethan Roy shares his experiences as a graduate student at Baylor

March 19, 2020 Alzheimer's Disease, Graduate Student, inflammation, Research

From the Labs interviewed Dr. Ethan Roy to learn about his challenging beginnings in the lab, his fascination with neurodegenerative diseases and his plans to

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Connecting interferon, neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease

March 5, 2020 Alzheimer's Disease, complement system, IFN, Interferon, microglia, neuroinflammation, Research, synapse loss

When immunologist Dr. Wei Cao joined Baylor College of Medicine three-and-a-half years ago, her first project was to investigate how inflammation contributes to Alzheimer’s disease.

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The herpes virus dilemma in Alzheimer’s disease

February 6, 2020 Alzheimer's Disease, Big Data, herpes virus, Research

There is currently a debate about whether herpes virus infections play a role in Alzheimer’s disease and Baylor College of Medicine researchers are actively contributing

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When tau tangles, RNA errors can happen in Alzheimer’s disease

October 17, 2019 Alzheimer's Disease, Research, RNA splicing errors, spliceosome, tau protein, tau tangles

The tau protein is a key player in Alzheimer’s disease. It tangles and accumulates inside brain cells and this, in combination with increasing cell death,

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Ataxin-1: One gene, two different neurodegenerative diseases

September 5, 2019 Alzheimer's Disease, amyloid beta peptide, Ataxin-1, BACE1, Research, SCA1

Certain variants of the ataxin-1 gene cause a rare neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1). Years ago, the lab of Dr. Huda Zoghbi

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IMAGE OF THE MONTH: The finite nature of brain regeneration

August 1, 2019 Alzheimer's Disease, neuroregeneration, non-convulsive seizures, Research

ON THE COVER! The finite nature of brain regeneration. Image by Jeannie Chin. In normal mice, neurogenesis occurs throughout life and decreases as the animals

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Connecting seizures, neurogenesis and cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease

July 18, 2019 Alzheimer's Disease, neurogenesis, Research, seizures

Whether the normal adult human brain produces new neurons, much less those with Alzheimer’s disease, is a controversial topic in the field. While some groups

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Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease

March 12, 2019 ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, autophagy, Drosophila, fruit fly, Lou Gehrig's disease, lysosomes, proteasome, Research, ubiquilin

Building up cellular waste is bad news for cells, and particularly for neurons. Such excessive build up can lead to neurological conditions, as is the

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Beyond the airway and into the brain, yeast impairs memory in mice

January 31, 2019 airway disease, Allergies, Alzheimer's Disease, C. albicans, Dementia, FIGG, fungal infection, fungus, sepsis, yeast

An increasing number of clinical observations indicates that fungi are becoming a more common cause of upper airway allergic diseases such as asthma, as well