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From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science!

Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science

March 19, 2019 Baylor women of science, Research, Women in Science

From the Labs celebrates Baylor Women in Science! Here is the second one in the series. (See the other Women in Science posts here)

Policywise

How providers are helping shape health policy

March 15, 2019 Advocacy, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Research, Science Policy

“The work of a physician as a healer cannot stop at the door of an office, the threshold of an operating room, or the front

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Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science

March 14, 2019 Baylor women scientists, Research, Women in Science, Women's History Month

From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine’s Women of Science.

From The Labs

Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease

March 12, 2019 ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, autophagy, Drosophila, fruit fly, Lou Gehrig's disease, lysosomes, proteasome, Research, ubiquilin

Building up cellular waste is bad news for cells, and particularly for neurons. Such excessive build up can lead to neurological conditions, as is the

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SHANK3: the good, the bad and the hopeful

March 7, 2019 Autism, ERK2, kinases, missense mutation, Phelan-McDermid syndrome., Research, S685I, SHANK3

Some neuropsychiatric conditions may boil down to how well brain cells communicate with each other. This can be affected by a number of factors, including

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Image of the Month: Trachea and Vasculature of the Mouse Lung

March 5, 2019 Baylor core labs, cardiac development, Cardiovascular Disease, OIVMC, Optical Imaging and Vital Microscopy Core, Research, septum, vascular development

In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Joshua D. Wythe and his colleagues conduct cardiovascular research covering the following areas: Vascular Development, trying

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Tuberous sclerosis: it’s not all about mTORC1

February 28, 2019 glycogen, lysosomes, mTORC1, Research, TSC, tuberous sclerosis

mTORC1, a protein complex that regulates cell metabolism, has long been considered the major driving force behind tuberous sclerosis. New experimental evidence, however, is challenging

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A worm’s lessons for living a longer, healthier life

February 26, 2019 Aging, C. elegans, fat metabolism, Longevity, lysosomes, metabolic signaling, mitochondria, oxidative tolerance, Research, sugar metabolism

Caenorhabditis elegans is a seemingly unimpressive worm. It is as long as a penny is thick, it lives in the soil feeding on microbes it

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CD44 variants prompt different cancer cell behaviors

February 21, 2019 alternative splicing, Breast Cancer, cancer heterogeneity, cancer plasticity, CD44, Metastasis, Research, resistance to treatment

Imagine fighting enemies that differ in their susceptibility to the weapon you are using against them. Some will perish, but others will survive the attack