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Research, awards and more: Looking back at 2013

December 16, 2013 Awards and Honors, Cancer, Community, Dengue Fever, Dr. Bert O'Malley, Dr. Brendan Lee, Dr. Chenghang Zong, Dr. Zaq Pitkow, Education, endocrinology, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Giving Life to Possible, Houston, McNair Scholars, molecular and human genetics, Neuroscience, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Year in Review 2013

It’s hard to believe 2014 is just two short weeks away. But before we roll into a new year, Momentum continues to look back at

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In case you missed it: Breast cancer symposium recap, year in review and more

December 14, 2013 Breast Cancer, In Case You Missed It, microbe, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Year in Review

Welcome to the weekend and Momentum’s weekly rundown of news, research, science and health stories from the headlines and Baylor College of Medicine you may have missed

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New options for hard-to-treat breast cancer highlight SABCS

December 13, 2013 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Dr. Kent Osborne, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Presentations on new breast cancer research concluded today at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. New studies on treatment options for triple negative breast cancer

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The intersection of big data and genomics

December 13, 2013 Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research Center, data, data science, Dr. Kiersti Aagaard, Dr. Lynn Zechiedrich, Dr. Morey Haymond, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, genomic analysis, Medical Genetics Laboratory, molecular and human genetics, molecular virology and microbiology, Ruth SoRelle, Year in Review 2013

If there was a word of the year for research at Baylor College of Medicine, it would probably end with the suffix “ome,” and it

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Prevention, treatment side effects focus of SABCS Thursday

December 12, 2013 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Glenna Picton, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Breast cancer prevention and management of unpleasant treatment side effects topped today’s presentations at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, co-hosted by Baylor College of

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Throwback Thursday: Always prepared

December 12, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Community, History, Throwback Thursday

For the last seven decades, Baylor College of Medicine has cared for the health of the greater Houston community. In the shadow of the Cold

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New research, treatment in breast cancer presented at SABCS

December 11, 2013 Breast Cancer, Cancer, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Glenna Picton, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

While the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium officially kicked off yesterday, today was the first day that new scientific and clinical data was presented. Experts

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Separating concussion facts from fiction

December 11, 2013 Concussions, Dipali Pathak, Healthcare

The definition of a concussion continues to evolve as doctors and researchers learn more about the brain and brain injuries. With all the information available,