April is National Autism Awareness Month
From the Labs presents a sample of Baylor’s basic research work contributing to a better understanding of autism and related disorders.
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Research
Researchers identify two distinct tuberculosis subtypes – one has better prognosis than the other
The study of the human immune response to tuberculosis revealed an approach that can lead to the development of personalized therapies.
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Video of the Month: A cell dividing
Cell division is a highly dynamic and energy-demanding process.
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Estrogen-regulated brain circuit helps females control obesity
An estrogen-activated brain circuit connects specific brain regions, providing anti-obesity benefits in an animal model.
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Oleic acid, a key to activating the brain’s ‘fountain of youth’
Oleic acid produced in the brain is an essential regulator of the process that enables learning and memory and proper mood regulation.
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Tuberculosis induces premature cellular aging
It’s possible that premature cellular aging in TB is one reason why survivors have a three-fold increased risk of mortality.
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Targeting TGF-β for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta
A monoclonal antibody therapy that neutralizes TGF-β produced promising results in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
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The fruit fly helps unravel the genetics of autism
In this study, ASD emerges not as one disorder involving many genes, but as hundreds of disorders caused by certain individual gene variants.
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Restoring long-term memory recall in a mouse model of Rett syndrome
Researchers have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus.
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SRC-3 is a key regulator of the 12-hour clock
Altered 12-hour cycles have been associated with human diseases and hundreds of genes have been identified that are activated in 12-hour cycles.
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