BCM and Houston Zoo elephant project recognized with award
A $459,147 grant will support a research project focusing on elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), resulting from a collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Zoo. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Controlling pancreatic cancer may depend on a molecular 'fulcrum'
Baylor College of Medicine researchers found that the key to stop the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer could be found in a microRNA called MiR-198. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Two innate immune functions cooperate to fight infection
Baylor College of Medicine researchers published research on how phagocytosis and autophagy are linked to boost protection against disease. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 12, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Pay for performance encourages physicians to follow blood pressure guidelines
Baylor College of Medicine researcher found that modest monetary incentives to individual physicians resulted in a significant increase in patients whose blood pressure was brought down to desired levels or who received an appropriate medical response when it was found that their blood pressure was uncontrolled. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 10, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New options in sickle cell treatment focus on long-term maintenance
Baylor College of Medicine researchers at Texas Childen's Hematology Center are focusing on developing treatment for sickle cell disease to help with long-term maintenance. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 9, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Zoghbi to receive Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from Rockefeller University
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, a pioneer in genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, will receive the 2013 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from The Rockefeller University. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 9, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers target muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have identified in mouse models and patient muscle biopsies a new signaling pathway that could lead to a way of blocking the protein believed to be behind muscle wasting. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 5, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Mechanical regulation of cell migration and vessel dynamics directs capillaries to form large vascular trees
Baylor College of Medicine researchers found that increases in blood flow induce small blood vessels called capillaries to fuse, increasing the size of the tube through which circulation moves and reducing resistance. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 5, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers report findings from 2012 West Nile Virus outbreak in Texas
Baylor College of Medicine researchers analyzed datea from the West Nile virus outbreak in Texas in 2012, and found that the number of reported cases was more than twice than previously seen and there was a significant economic cost. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 4, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Scott Hamilton to keynote pituitary awareness event
Scott Hamilton, Olympic figure skater, will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 10 event hosted by the Pituitary Center at Baylor College of Medicine, which will focus on raising awareness of pituitary disorders. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Neural connections unique in synesthesia
Baylor researchers focus on structure of connections in the brain of people with synesthesia from those who are non-synesthetes. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - August 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New gene associated with mitochondrial disease adds to diagnostic capability
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have identified mutations in a gene, revealing it as a novel cause of primary mitochondrial disease, which may speed diagnosis. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - August 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Simple chores can teach youngsters responsibility, independence
Baylor College of Medicine expert weighs in on what responsibilities and chores children should be able to accomplish by certain ages. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - August 27, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Pediatric oncologist honored for best scientific paper on malignant gliomas
Baylor College of Medicine instructor received the 28th Schweisguth Prize from the International Society of Pediatric Oncology for the best scientific paper written by a trainee. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - August 26, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Physician confidence not always aligned with accuracy in diagnosis
A study by Baylor College of Medicine researchers shows that when physicians were asked to rate confidence in their diagnoses, their ratings did not vary much between easy and difficult cases, yet only a few were accurate in their diagnoses of difficult cases. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - August 26, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
