The lengths a cancer cell would go to survive
Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes have long been implicated in tumor development. Oncogenes drive cells to grow faster and survive
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From The Labs
Sorting out what drives Huntington’s disease
Neurological diseases are typically associated with a multitude of molecular changes. But out of thousands of changes in gene expression,
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Alternative splicing is crucial to muscle mass maintenance
Despite the importance that changes in muscle mass have in aging, overall body metabolism and in chronic disease, we still
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The Hippo pathway: tailor of the developing heart
The Hippo pathway is an inhibitor of adult heart regeneration; if you take the Hippo pathway away, then the heart
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Image of the Month: ovarian cancer cells
In her lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. JoAnn Richards, Dr. Achuth Padmanabhan, instructor of molecular and cell biology and their colleagues
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The Sixth Annual Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Resident Research Day Symposium
June 5-6, 2018 The Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery presents the Annual Resident Research Day Symposium to celebrate the
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There is more going on in DM1 than just alternative splicing
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy that affects multiple organ systems. People with this
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Of fruit flies, genes and aortic aneurysms
One of the goals of Dr. Hugo Bellen’s lab is to conduct genetic screens in the fruit fly to identify
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Absence epilepsy – when the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’
At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in
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Crucial support to study rare diseases: hemostasis and thrombosis
Disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis are serious blood conditions leading to excessive bleeding or clotting, respectively. Although our understanding of
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