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Exploiting cancer’s Achilles’ heel

February 11, 2015 Awards and Honors, biochemistry and molecular biology, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dr. Trey Westbrook, Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award, Genetics, Houston, molecular and human genetics, Research, The Academy of Medicine Engineering & Science of Texas, triple-negative breast cancer

What drives innovation? For Dr. Trey Westbrook it’s a personal mission to find new treatments for invasive breast cancer. His work focuses on the genetic

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In the genes: Family quests for glioblastoma answers

December 8, 2014 brain cancer, brain tumors, Cancer, Dr. Melissa Bondy, Genetics, glioblastoma multiforme

When glioblastoma hit their family for a second time, sisters Hadley Rierson and Carrie Lebovich teamed up with Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Melissa Bondy.

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Huda Zoghbi: A lab of her own

October 20, 2014 Dr. Arthur Beaudet, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. Ralph Feigin, Education, Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, molecular and human genetics, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Research, Rett Syndrome, Vilcek Prize

Immigrants make the journey to the United States for a number of reasons. For physician and medical researcher Huda Zoghbi, her journey began with a

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Experts tackle 3 key policy areas for using cutting-edge sequencing in patient care

September 30, 2014 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Dr. Maggie Curnutte, ethics, Genetics, health policy, Healthcare, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, next-generation sequencing, policy, Public Policy, Technology

As techniques such as next generation sequencing, which determines the precise order of the nucleotides that make up DNA, are used in patient diagnosis and

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Making forensic analysis history

September 5, 2014 Community, DNA evidence, Dr. C. Thomas Caskey, forensic analysis, Genetics, History, Houston, Rusty Hardin, Technology

On television crime dramas, DNA evidence can make it seem like a sure fire open and shut case. The narrative is so pervasive it’s hard

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In case you missed it: Ice buckets, orangutan treatment and more

August 29, 2014 Affiliates, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Baylor College of Medicine, Cheyenne, Community, Dr. Paul Klotman, Events, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Houston Zoo, IBM Watson, Knowledge Integration Toolkit, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness, orangutan, pediatrics, Social Media, Surgery, Technology

Before you head off into the holiday weekend, check out the latest news happening at Baylor College of Medicine. A special patient Our doctors recently had

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What inspires biomedical research?

August 11, 2014 Autism, Clinical research, Dr. Christian Schaaf, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, Research, Texas Children's Hospital, VIICTR

This feature is part of an ongoing series that focuses on VIICTR.org, highlighting clinical and translational research at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Christian Schaaf wants to

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Combined medical research training shines light on mosaicism, implications in genetic mutations

July 31, 2014 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Chad Shaw, Dr. James Lupski, Dr. Pawel Stankiewicz, genetic disorders, Genetics, Houston, Ian Campbell, Medical Scientist Training Program, Research, Texas Children's Hospital

Imagine you have a child with a severe genetic disorder. You love him dearly, but caring for him takes every waking moment and has strained

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Family helps advance research into rare disease

July 16, 2014 Dr. Hamed Jafar-Neiad, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. Matthew Bainbridge, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Healthcare, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, NGLY1 deficiency, pediatrics, Research

Baylor College of Medicine’s genetics program continues to break barriers in diagnosing rare diseases through the use of advanced genome testing. Often the diagnosis is

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National collaboration seeks to solve most difficult, rare medical cases

July 2, 2014 Awards and Honors, Dr. Brendan Lee, Genetics, Healthcare, molecular and human genetics, National Institutes of Health, Research, Texas Children's Hospital, Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Clinicians and scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital will become part of a new national network joining forces to address prolonged