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A doctor holding their hand to a child's wrist while checking their pulse.

An unprecedented level of detail helps gain a comprehensive understanding of the immune response dynamics within transplanted hearts.

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Not too late to repair: gene therapy improves advanced heart failure in animal model

February 13, 2024 advanced heart failure, Cardiac regeneration, gene therapy, Research

This work has important implications for the large group of patients with advanced heart failure for whom there are currently no treatments to improve their condition.

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Not committed to fail: novel approach improves heart failure outcomes in animal model

February 8, 2024 ERR agonists, estrogen-related receptors, heart failure, heart hypertrophy, heart metabolism, Heart month, Research

The findings have encouraged the researchers to pursue clinical trials to determine the value of this novel approach to extend survival in people with hypertrophy of the heart.

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Chronic jet lag leads to human liver cancer in a mouse model

February 6, 2024 carcinogen, circadian rhythm, circadian rhythm disruption, jetlag, liver cancer, Research

This study shows that circadian influences in cancer cannot be underestimated – chronic circadian dysfunction is a human carcinogen

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Video of the Month: The developing embryo

February 1, 2024 brain development, embryo development, Foxi3, imaging, Research

This 3D rotating visualization of a developing embryo shows the locations of proteins involved in orchestrating this complex process.

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And the awards go to…

January 30, 2024 Awards, cancer neuroscience, Gruber Prize, Human genetics, Marcus Foundation, MasSpecPen, Research, TAMEST

The new year started with a bang! at Baylor College of Medicine. Three faculty members have received major recognitions for their achievements in basic science research and technology development.

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Improving the detection of potential therapeutic tumor targets in human biopsies

January 25, 2024 biopsy, Breast Cancer, KiP, Mass Spectrometry Proteomics, protein kinases, Research, tumor targets

The method holds great promise for better definition of the individual druggable landscape present in each cancer.

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Finding a food-cancer connection: How what you eat might affect your cancer risk

January 23, 2024 Colon Cancer, diet and cancer risk, early onset colon cancer, epigenetics, folate, folate food fortification, gene p16, Research

This study reveals a mechanism by which the environment, diet in this case, can influence cancer risk.

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CAR T cell therapy for T cell lymphoma shows promise in phase I trial

January 19, 2024 cancer therapy, CAR Tcells, CD5, clinical trial, Research, T cell lymphoma

A first-in-human phase I clinical trial of patients with relapsed or refractory T cell lymphoma found early signals of anti-tumor efficacy and safety.

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A novel switch to turn genes on/off on cue

January 17, 2024 gene regulation, gene therapy, polyA signal, Research, tetracycline

This new technology can effectively regulate gene expression, a promising solution to improve gene therapy clinical applications.