Image of the Month: Carbon nanotubes as cancer-fighting tools
This image courtesy of Scott Holmes, Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
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From The Labs
Komodo dragon puts right foot forward with Baylor College of Medicine help
By Dipali Pathak In the book The Hobbit, helping the dragon Smaug was the furthest thing from the mind of band of heroes
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In an editorial that appears on the website of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy — Baylor College of Medicine Joint Program in Health
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Researchers seek to make mini-guts that mimic life
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. A five-year, $5.1 million National Institutes of Health grant will help researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University and the
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Many paths to degeneration for neurons
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Adult neurons are touchy. Too much protein can throw them off course, resulting in neurodegeneration. After showing how mutant ATAXIN1 (the
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Coactivator forges pathway for survival of metastatic prostate cancer
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. A steroid receptor coactivator (SRC-2) drives the metabolic mechanism that allows prostate cancer not only to grow but also to spread
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Appropriate use of aspirin for heart health evaluated
Many people have taken to heart the advice to take an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks – maybe too much so. When
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Pinpointing novel ways to inhibit cancer growth
(Best viewed in Chrome,Firefox and Safari) By Glenna P. Vickers Selectively inhibiting the forms of a protein called Akt that promote cancer growth – without
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From chick to bedside: Removing the Wnt barrier
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Kick starting a process that might repair the damage done in cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis could begin with disabling a
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Image of the Month — Graphene ribbon as an ideal scaffold.
The large surface area of graphene, a thin, tightly packed layer of carbon atoms, makes it an ideal scaffold to which you can attach a
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