Rare gene variant associated with middle ear infections
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The persistent earache can begin in infancy and even persist into adulthood, resulting in many sleepless nights and a lot of
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From The Labs
A matter of health — Staying the course in science
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. More than 20 years ago, Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Harry Orr of the University of
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Image of the month — DNA unwinds
DNA unwinds from Chromosome 20 at the 20q13 locus. SALL4 plays important roles in hematopoiesis (formation of blood cells) and leukemogenesis (initiating the blood cancer
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Male brain heeds message of female sex hormone
By Dipali Pathak The estrogen receptor can be critical in preventing weight gain in female mammals and there also is strong evidence that the same
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Too much N-Ras promotes aggressive breast cancer
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Usually, scientists consider the gene N-Ras a cancer causer only when it is mutated, but researchers led by those at Baylor
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Diet at conception could have long-lasting effects
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. What a mother eats around the time of conception can have a lifelong effect on how certain of her child’s genes
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Less may be more in treating patients with bacteria in the urine
By Dipali Pathak When doctors are confronted by the dilemma of patient who has bacteria in the urine but no symptoms to indicate that, they
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Electronic algorithms help "find" patients lost in the system
By Julia Parsons In an era when increasing pressures to increase clinical productivity can create data overload and when time is limited, sometimes the critical issue
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Autophagy: Protector against lung inflammation and fibrosis
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. When bacteria or viruses invade the body, a process called autophagy, or “self-eating,” springs into action to take the invaders to
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Study links tumor recurrence to growth factor commonly used in high-risk neuroblastoma treatment
By Dana Benson A human growth factor that expands white blood cells in response to infection could be driving growth of neuroblastoma cancer stem cells
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