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Posts by Baylor College of Medicine

Novel gene variants modify risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease

Baylor College of Medicine | 12-08-2020

Researchers identify 216 new gene variants that modify risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. …

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Treatment shows reduction in heart failure after myocardial infarction

Baylor College of Medicine | 11-24-2020

A potential preventative therapy for heart failure after a heart attack has shown promising results in mice. …

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Fighting cancer with rejection-resistant, ‘off-the-shelf’ therapeutic T cells

Baylor College of Medicine | 08-20-2020

Researchers engineered rejection-resistant therapeutic T cells for cancer immunotherapy. …

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Premature epigenomic aging acts like a ‘sleeper cell’ that is awaken by Western-style diet

Baylor College of Medicine | 06-16-2020

A new study found that even brief exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals while the liver is developing, prematurely aged the liver epigenome and caused metabolic dysfunction in adulthood. …

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A promising new treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer

Baylor College of Medicine | 04-27-2020

A novel approach in the treatment of pediatric brain cancer delivers appropriately-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy directly into the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the tumor. …

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Form of severe childhood malnutrition linked to DNA modification

Baylor College of Medicine | 12-19-2019

Researchers have identified significant differences at the epigenetic level between two clinically distinct forms of acute childhood malnutrition. …

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Scientists create ‘epigenetic couch potato’ mouse

Baylor College of Medicine | 12-04-2019

Researchers found that changes in DNA methylation in neurons within a part of the brain called the hypothalamus have a major impact on levels of voluntary exercise behavior. …

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Meningioma molecular profile reliably predicts tumor recurrence

Baylor College of Medicine | 10-07-2019

Although typically benign, about one-fifth of meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors, recur despite complete surgical removal. …

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Gut-brain connection helps explain how overeating leads to obesity

Baylor College of Medicine | 08-12-2019

A new study by a multi-institutional team reveals a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how those extra servings lead to weight gain. …

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p53 mutations in 10,000 cancer patients shed new light on gene’s function

Baylor College of Medicine | 07-30-2019

Researchers have conducted the most comprehensive study of TP53 mutations to better understand the processes leading to the inactivation of this important gene in cancer. …

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