Image of the Month: Flood-tolerant plants
A serendipitous finding set researchers on a path to discover a potential way to make plants more flood tolerant.
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Research
Repurposed credit card-sized technology improves and broadens use of diagnostic stool tests
Dried fecal spot technology provides reliable results on bile acid content in stool samples while offering the advantages of easier storage and shipping, reduced cost and improved safety.
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Ancestral groups differ in the frequency of disease-causing genetic variants
A lack of diversity in large genomic studies presents a major challenge in understanding how pathogenic or disease-causing variants impact different populations. To address this
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Novel combination therapy offers promising results for treatment-refractory hepatoblastoma
Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver cancer in children. Researchers and physicians in the field are concerned because in the last decade HB has
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Genomic study reveals immune factors contributing to pediatric heart transplant failure
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
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
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
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
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…
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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