A steady supply of sugar is good news for colorectal cancer
The current thought is that sugar is harmful to our health mainly because consuming too much can lead to obesity. Research shows that obesity increases
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From The Labs
17p11.2 syndromes are much more than deletions and duplications
Having duplications or deletions of an entire group of genes spells trouble for living organisms. Potocki-Lupski syndrome, for instance, is a condition that results from
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Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science
From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science!
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Baylor College of Medicine 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)
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Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science
From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine’s Women of Science.
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Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease
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
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
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
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
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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