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From The Labs

The Seventh Annual Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Institute

April 23, 2019 CVRI,  Heart,  heart disease,  Research

Since it was founded in 2012, the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine has been hosting an annual symposium that offers an exceptional

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From The Labs

Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease

November 6, 2018 ADmiRE,  Cancer,  developmental disease,  gnomAD,  heart disease,  microRNA,  The Cancer Genome Atlas,  whole exome sequencing

What started as Ninad Oak’s side project turned out into something much larger, his doctorate thesis. “The project started as my qualifying exam that I

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From The Labs

Together, DAG1 and Yap ‘hit the brakes’ on heart cell proliferation

September 15, 2017 cardiomyocyte,  DAG1,  heart cell proliferation,  heart disease,  Hippo pathway,  muscular dystrophy,  YAP

Although both are known to play a role in cardiac function and previous work had hinted that they might interact with each other, it was

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Momentum

Men’s health awareness: Take action today

June 12, 2017 Cancer,  heart disease,  Infertility,  Men's Health,  Nicole Blanton,  Nutrition and Wellness

June 12 kicks off National Men’s Health Week, a reminder to take action and encourage friends and loved ones to be aware of men’s health

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From The Labs

New insights from an autoimmunity-mediated atherosclerosis mouse model could pave the way to new therapies for cardiovascular diseases

June 8, 2016 atherosclerosis,  autoimmune disease,  autoimmunity,  Cardiovascular Disease,  heart disease

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. Patients with autoimmune disease have a higher risk of developing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Although studies have shown that human atherosclerotic

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From The Labs

Crystal structure of PKGI suggests a new activation mechanism

May 11, 2016 Biochemistry,  heart disease,  structural biology

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. Kinases form a large family of proteins that seem to be involved in nearly every aspect of cell life. Faulty

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From The Labs

Appropriate use of aspirin for heart health evaluated

March 16, 2015 heart disease,  public health

Many people have taken to heart the advice to take an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks – maybe too much so. When

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From The Labs

Heart injury marker can identify varying risks of blood pressure

December 2, 2014 Biomarkers,  heart disease

By Graciela Gutierrez For years, physicians have used troponin T as evidence of the kind of heart damage that results from heart attack. Now, however,

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Momentum

In Case You Missed it: Chocolate milk post workout, new heart disease guidelines and more

November 16, 2013 Center for Cell and Gene Therapy,  Dr. Bert O'Malley,  Dr. Kristy Murray,  heart disease,  In Case You Missed It,  Social Media

Catch up on news you may have missed this week with our roundup of science, health and Baylor College of Medicine news making headlines this

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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