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 don’t fully understand the mechanisms
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From The Labs
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 can regenerate. But, can the
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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 are exploring new ways to
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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 accomplishments of its research program
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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 condition develop progressive muscle wasting
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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 genes that cause neurodevelopmental and
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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 class. As the teacher watched
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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 these conditions has advanced significantly
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David vs Goliath: how a small molecule can defeat asthma attacks
An invisible particle enters your lungs. The next thing you know breathing becomes difficult. You are having an asthma attack. Asthma is one of the
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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species
In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers, including a team from Baylor
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