Unraveling how PTEN deficiency can lead to autism
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects 1 in 59 children in the U.S. Mutations in specific genes, such as
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Research
Rearranging genomic structure rewires gene control in cancer
Widespread DNA damage is common in the cancer genome. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to it is of great interest
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Washed out: Addressing hand hygiene in healthcare
As a medical student, institutional signage competes for your attention every day: flyers about upcoming fire drills, seating assignments for
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‘Give me the calcium!’ Tulane virus takes over cellular calcium signaling to replicate
Some gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of viral life, such as
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Learning to stop cancer at its roots
Why do some cancers come back? Sometimes, a treatment can effectively eliminate cancer cells to undetectable levels, but, if the
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Image of the Month: cardiac fibroblasts
This Image of the Month features the cardiac fibroblast, a cell that is central to heart failure, the leading cause
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Molecular profiling of meningioma hints at tumor behavior
Meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors, are typically benign. One-fifth of them, however, recur despite complete surgical removal. Reliably
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Congratulations Dr. Peggy Goodell, Baylor’s new member of the National Academy of Medicine!
Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Goodell, chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected
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From my perspective: Dr. Joshua Adams shares his experiences in Baylor College of Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program
From the Labs interviewed Dr. Joshua M. Adams to learn about his experiences during his training in Baylor College of
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IQSEC1 gene mutations cause new intellectual disability syndrome
It used to take several years or sometimes decades to unequivocally identify the genes that cause rare human syndromes that
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