BCM scientists find neurodegeneration precursor
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Changing lipid or fat metabolism in brain cells promotes the formation of lipid droplets that presage the loss of neurons, said researchers
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From The Labs
Image of the Month: Fruit flies and humans
Editor’s note: Much of the research that ends up benefiting humans starts in laboratories that focus on model animals such as fruit flies. They are
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Looping the loop to fold — and regulate — genes
Take a blank sheet of paper and fold it. If you are skilled in the ancient Japanese art of origami, that paper can become
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Effects of low birthweight span generations but are overcome with diet
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Rat pups born too small are likely to be obese in adulthood and at greater risk for metabolic syndrome and insulin
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A matter of health: Remembering a time of AIDS and heroes
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Their faces are blurred in memory. I recall them all as young and handsome. More than a decade after the riot
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Centipede genome gives evolutionary clues
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The centipede’s dilemma A centipede was happy – quite! Until a toad in fun Said, “Pray, which leg moves after which?”
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A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus
A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For three decades, Dr. Mary Estes, professor of molecular virology and microbiology
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The long research road
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. When Viola Guerrero learned about the progress in Angelman’s syndrome made by Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Arthur Beaudet and his
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Heart injury marker can identify varying risks of blood pressure
By Graciela Gutierrez For years, physicians have used troponin T as evidence of the kind of heart damage that results from heart attack. Now, however,
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