Revealing unique features of the ‘antennae’ on light-sensing neurons
Practically all cells in the body have a single cilium, and antennae-like structure called the primary cilium, that seems to
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From the labs to commercialization: Companies merge to implement Baylor College of Medicine-developed therapies for cancer
Despite major advances in cancer therapy, conventional cancer treatments continue to be associated with devastating side effects for patients and
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Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes
About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them
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A simpler, faster CRISPR
CRISPR technologies can be programmed to target specific sequences of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations. This
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Together, big data, bench science and genome-wide diagnostics predict genomic instability that can lead to disease
They are the most common repeated elements in the human genome; more than a million copies are scattered among and
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Connecting Tau aggregates, transposable elements and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease
Although it’s been known for years that the accumulation of Tau protein within brain cells in combination with progressive cell
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Heart NLRP3 inflammasome linked to atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart arrhythmia, and it is particularly observed in the elderly human population, which is
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Looking at DNA repair defects may help identify elusive form of breast cancer
Endocrine treatment-resistant estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer has historically been extremely difficult to detect at the time of diagnosis,
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The dark side of antibiotic ciprofloxacin
The use of ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics of the class of fluoroquinolones may be associated with disruption of the normal
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The genetic diversity in Africa is greater than in any other region in the world
Looking at a subset of HIV-positive children from Botswana, an international team of researchers, co-led by scientists from Baylor College
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