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…
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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…
Changing Diets – Not Less Physical Activity – May Best Explain Childhood Obesity Crisis
Findings among children in Amazonian Ecuador offer insights into relative importance of diet vs. energy expenditure for rise in obesity. Variation in consumption of market-acquired…
Mysterious Prehistoric “Sea Dragon” Discovered on English Channel Coast Is Identified As New Species
“This animal was obviously doing something different,” Baylor University paleontologist says. A mysterious small marine reptile dating from 150 million years ago has been identified…
Sediment Discovered in Texas Cave Upends Meteorite Explanation for Global Cooling
Researchers say cooling 13,000 years ago is coincident with major volcanic eruption. Texas researchers from the University of Houston, Baylor University and Texas A&M University…
Early Steps of Viral Assembly Revealed by Genetically Engineered Slow-Growing Mutant Rotavirus
Rotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths annually in infants and children younger than five years. The virus causes severe, dehydrating diarrhea as it…
Students Did Better on Test When They Listened to Beethoven During Lecture – And in Dreamland
But scores on the material nine months later dropped to ‘floor level,’ Baylor University study finds. College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven…
Detecting Early Signs of Eye Diseases From a Photo – There’s a Free App for That
Eye Disease testing app surpasses the ‘gold standard’ of sensitivity, Baylor University researchers say. A Baylor University researcher’s prototype smartphone app — designed to help…
Nanoparticulate Carbon Black Found in the Lungs of Smokers
Two new studies identify the black material found in the lungs of smokers who died of emphysema as mostly insoluble nanoparticulate carbon black. Physicians could…
Researchers Decode Root Structure of Muscular Disease
In a newly published study, a team of scientists from Rice University and Baylor College reveal the structural details of a protein seen as key…
Coal-Tar-Based Sealants Emitting PAHs at Rates Possibly Greater than Auto Emissions
According to several newly published reports by the U.S. Geological Survey, coal-tar-based sealants are emitting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into the air at rates possibly…
