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Komen Tissue Bank comes to Houston Feb. 28

February 24, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Breast Cancer, breast tissue, Cancer, Community, Events, Houston, Jill Henry, Komen Tissue Bank, Research, Women's Health

I love my job. As the Chief Operating Officer of the Susan G. Komen ® Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center (Komen Tissue

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Baylor center seeks to understand deadly outcome in epilepsy

February 23, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Center without Walls, Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, epilepsy, Genetics, Graciela Gutierrez, Grants, Houston, molecular and human genetics, National Institute of Health, Neurology, Research, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, SUDEP

Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, professor of neurology and molecular and human genetics, is leading a new research center of international scientists who seek to answer questions

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Starvation dieting is going too far, especially if you have a disability

February 18, 2015 Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, GoWoman, Healthy Lifestyle, Houston, Margaret A. Nosek, Nutrition, Nutrition and Wellness

Dear brother and sister dieters – I am so with you! I recently went to my internist, begging for a solution to my weight “problem.”

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And the (lab) Grammy goes to…

February 17, 2015 Awards, Awards and Honors, Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Erez Aiden, Genetics, Houston, human genome, molecular and human genetics, Research, Technology

While you may have tuned into the Grammy awards this month, a smaller group waited at their keyboard to see who would win the 2015

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Throwback Thursday: A pair of “Lovairs”

February 12, 2015 Comic Strips, History, Houston, Throwback Thursday, Valentine's Day, Yearbook

Love is in the air, and you’ve got two days left to catch it. For some romantic inspiration, we found a nice-looking couple in our

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Cytomegalovirus: What you should know

February 12, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Congenital CMV Disease Research Clinic & Registry, Cytomegalovirus, Houston, Maddie's Mission, pediatrics, Pregnancy, Women's Health

Have you ever heard of cytomegalovirus (CMV)? Odds are that you have not. I first learned about CMV one year ago, but it was too

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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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Measles: What you should know

February 9, 2015 Autism, Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research, Dr. Camille Leugers, Dr. Carol Baker, Dr. Peter Hotez, Education, Family and community medicine, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, measles, Men's Health, MMR, molecular virology and microbiology, mups and rubella vaccine, National School of Tropical Medicine, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Vaccines, Women's Health

With the recent measles outbreak in California, many people have questions about the illness and vaccinations. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine have answers.

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A gut feeling: Unlocking the mysteries of autism

February 6, 2015 Autism, Autism Speaks, Dr. James Versalovic, gastrointestinal, gut, Healthcare, Houston, Pathology, pediatrics, Ph.D., Research, Ruth Ann Luna, Texas Children's Microbiome Center

Autism spectrum disorders are one of the true medical mysteries of our time. From the scientists trying to discover the underlying cause, to the parents

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Throwback Thursday: Man on a mission

February 5, 2015 American Heart Month, Cardiovascular Surgery, Community, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Heart Health, History, Houston, Throwback Thursday

February is American Heart Month, a time to put taking care of your heart at the top of your mind. Today we’re looking back at