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Diabetes Alert Day: Know your risk

March 27, 2018 Momentum 0 Comments Diabetes, Diabetes Alert Day, endocrinology, Healthcare, Nicole Blanton

Even if you have never been personally affected by diabetes, chances are you know someone who has. According to the

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Growing Up Baylor: Dr. Siripoom McKay

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 Momentum 0 Comments Dr. Siripoom McKay, Education, endocrinology, Growing Up Baylor

Imagine studying, training and eventually working at the same institution during the span of your career. A special group of

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From The Labs 

The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin

January 19, 2018February 5, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 1 Comment AgRP neurons, apetite control, appetite control, asprosin, blood-brain barrier, endocrinology, extreme thinnes, hypothalamus, neonatal progeroid syndrome, ovesity, POMC neurons

When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new

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How estrogen regulates gene expression

November 20, 2017February 14, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments CARM1, coactivators, endocrinology, ER-alpha, estrogen, hormone action, p300, SRC-3B

Estrogens are a group of hormones that are essential for normal female sexual development and for the healthy functioning of

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Thyroid cancer awareness: Know your risk

September 27, 2017 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, Dr. James Suliburk, endocrinology, Nicole Blanton, Surgery, thyroid cancer, thyroid disease

Thyroid cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the United States  – however, it is one of the most

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From The Labs 

Discovery of the new hormone asprosin could have potential implications in treatment of diabetes

June 1, 2016 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments asprosin, Diabetes, endocrinology, neonatal progeroid syndrome, whole exome sequencing

By Dipali Pathak When Dr. Atul Chopra began studying a rare genetic condition called neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) he did

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Effects of low birthweight span generations but are overcome with diet

February 17, 2015 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Digests, endocrinology, microbiome

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Rat pups born too small are likely to be obese in adulthood and at greater risk

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From The Labs 

Less is more for mouse sprinters

October 1, 2014 Ana Rodríguez 2 Comments Diabetes, endocrinology

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt electrified the world when he won three gold medals at the 2008

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Looking back: 2013 in research, awards and more

December 23, 2013October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Audrey M. Marks, Awards and Honors, Cancer, Community, Dr. Bert O'Malley, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. James Lupski, Dr. Kristy Murray, Dr. Mark Kline, Dr. Ming-Jer Tsai, Dr. Sophia Tsai, endocrinology, Genetics, HIV/AIDS, Houston, Jared Rammell, Molecular and cellular biology, molecular and human genetics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Orthotics and Prosthetics, pediatric AIDS, pediatrics, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Year in Review 2013

Our remarkable faculty received accolades over the past year for their professional achievements, research findings and contributions to medicine and

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Research, awards and more: Looking back at 2013

December 16, 2013October 7, 2016 Momentum 2 Comments Awards and Honors, Cancer, Community, Dengue Fever, Dr. Bert O'Malley, Dr. Brendan Lee, Dr. Chenghang Zong, Dr. Zaq Pitkow, Education, endocrinology, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Giving Life to Possible, Houston, McNair Scholars, molecular and human genetics, Neuroscience, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Year in Review 2013

It’s hard to believe 2014 is just two short weeks away. But before we roll into a new year, Momentum

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