Neurology Breakthrough: New Pathway To Regenerate Myelin Discovered
A study led by Dr. Hyun Kyoung Lee, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research…
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Stanford Scientists Identify Genes Linked to Familial Brain Cancer
A global collaboration directed by a researcher from Stanford Medicine has discovered over 50 genes associated with glioma, a rare brain cancer. While the majority…
Cracking the Code of Depression: New Research Sheds Light on the Neural Mechanisms Behind the Disorder
Clinical depression is a common psychiatric condition with often devastating consequences. A new study in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, enhances our fundamental understanding of…
Online Gaming and Mental Health – Could It Actually Be Beneficial?
Researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis of communications and the provision of social support within an online gaming platform. Engaging in video games is a daily…
Promising New Method Could Replace Injections With Pills
Treatment for chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis often requires lifelong injections. However, fear of needles, the risk of infection, and pain associated with injections can…
New Study Illuminates Approaches for Long-Term Hearing Loss Treatment
Approximately 430 million people globally suffer from disabling hearing loss, and in the United States alone, around 37.5 million adults report difficulty hearing. Hearing loss…
New Research Suggests That Obesity Is a Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Scientists have recently proposed that obesity is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Over the last several decades, obesity has rapidly grown to affect more than 2 billion…
Researchers Discover a Key Weak Spot in a Deadly Childhood Cancer
A new study identifies an Achilles’ heel in neuroblastoma. 15% of children who die from cancer are victims of neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that arises…
More Potent, Less Toxic: Scientists Develop a Better Type of Chemotherapy
Researchers discover a new class of drugs that provide leukemia patients with a safer, more targeted form of therapy. Chemotherapy isn’t fun. It’s no secret…
Walking Can Reduce Knee Pain for People Who Have Arthiritis
How walking can lead to healthier knees. According to a recent study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology and conducted by Baylor College of Medicine researchers,…
A New, High-Risk Subtype of Cancer Has Been Discovered
The new high-risk subtype of pediatric liver cancer was discovered using molecular profiling Up until recently, almost all pediatric liver cancers were classified as either…
Major Scientific Breakthrough Toward the Benefits of Exercise in a Pill
The benefits of exercise in a pill? Science is now closer to that goal. Researchers have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced…
Human Nose Organoids Reveal First Steps of COVID-19 Infection
Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines. In the current study published in…
The Obesity Paradox and Circadian Rhythms in Heart Failure
Disrupting circadian rhythms, which change naturally on a 24-hour cycle, has been implicated in heart disease, but it is unclear how it leads to the…
Researchers Unravel the Complexity of Vitamin B12 Diseases
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions has shed new light into the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases. The scientists…
Study Finds Listening to Music Near Bedtime Is Disruptive To Sleep
Baylor sleep researcher Michael Scullin finds ‘earworms’ continue during sleep, can cause restless nights. Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near…
Research Reveals Potential New Strategy To Combat Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Identifying the dynamic events occurring during urinary tract infections (UTI) has revealed a new potential strategy to combat this condition, considered the most common type…
Dynamic Twists and Supercoiling Loops Can Enable DNA To Adjust Its Function
When people think of DNA, they visualize a string-like double helix structure. In reality, the DNA double helix in cells is supercoiled and constrained into…
