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Stopping antibiotic resistance before it happens

April 9, 2019 antibiotic resistance, bacterial evolution, ciprofloxacin, edaravone, fluoroquinolones, Research, ROS

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to public health. One way bacteria develop resistance is by generating new mutations in their DNA

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Extending the body’s expiration date may involve the ends of the chromosomes

April 4, 2019 Aging, ends of chromosomes, liver fibrosis, NAD+ precursor, NMN, Research, sirtuin, telomeres

Scientists may have found a strategy to achieve the science-fictional greeting “Live long and prosper.” In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Ergun

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Image of the Month: Art meets science to visualize the fruit fly’s brain

April 2, 2019 ALS, autophagy, fruit fly, Lou Gehrig's disease, lysosomes, proteasome, rare disease, Research, ubiquilin

Studying the brain of the fruit fly helps understand the human brain, both in health and disease. Working in the lab of

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A steady supply of sugar is good news for colorectal cancer

March 28, 2019 APC gene, Colorectal Cancer, FASN, fructose, KHK, mouse model, Research, sweet drinks

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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17p11.2 syndromes are much more than deletions and duplications

March 26, 2019 17p11.2, chromosome deletions, chromosome duplications, Potocki-Lupski syndrome, Research, Smith-Magenis syndrome

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

March 21, 2019 Baylor women of science, Research, Women in Science, Women's History Month

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

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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)

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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.

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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