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The Optical Imaging and Vital Microscopy Core Facility at Baylor College opens a window into the microscopic world through a number of methods, state-of-the-art instrumentation and cutting-edge imaging/image analysis tools for the research applications of Baylor College of Medicine investigators. “Our core is dedicated to 3-D imaging of complex systems and high-resolution investigations of living …
In recent years, defects in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have been identified as significant risk factors for Parkinson’s disease and deficiencies in this gene also are known to cause Gaucher disease, a lysosomal storage disorder. These separate findings prompted researchers at Baylor College of Medicine to investigate whether changes in lysosome storage disorder genes in … Continue reading
When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new hormone called asprosin that regulates blood-glucose levels, the possibilities opened for future treatments that could potentially benefit millions of people living with type 2 diabetes. Asprosin’s reach, however, goes beyond promoting hepatic glucose production. A … Continue reading
Even relatively infrequent seizures can lead to long-lasting cognitive deficits in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease; how this happens, however, has been difficult to explain. In her lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Jeannie Chin, assistant professor of neuroscience, and her colleagues have uncovered a mechanism that offers an explanation to this puzzle. “We … Continue reading
If your skin is injured, it can heal itself. If you lose blood, your body makes more. If a lobe is removed from a mouse liver, a new lobe will grow. But a damaged heart fails to repair itself. “Heart failure remains the leading cause of mortality from heart disease. The best current treatment for … Continue reading
Of the 83 articles we posted in 2017, the following three top the most-viewed list! Autism spectrum disorder: if not vaccines, then what? Timing exercise with muscle fuel switching could help you lose weight How breast cancer can become resistant to hormone therapy FROM THE LABS WISHES ALL ITS … Continue reading
From the Labs closes 2017 with an Image of the Month photo album that highlights research at Baylor College of Medicine. Happy holidays! From the Labs Continue reading
Previous studies have shown that histamine is not only involved in allergic disease, it also may have a potential antitumor effect. At Baylor College of Medicine, the lab of Dr. James Versalovic, Milton J. Finegold Professor of pathology and immunology and pathologist-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital investigated whether the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri 6475, which is … Continue reading
“If you asked a group of scientists which is more important for a cell, maintaining the integrity of its DNA containing all of the organism’s genetic information, or the fidelity of transcription – the process that transcribes DNA into RNA, which leads to protein synthesis – the vast majority would agree that repairing DNA is … Continue reading
Medulloblastoma is the most common type of solid brain tumor in children. Current treatments offer limited success and may leave patients with severe neurological side effects, including psychiatric disorders, growth retardation and cognitive impairment. Sonic Hedgehog, one of the four biologically distinct subtypes of medulloblastoma, is named after the cellular pathway that is impaired in … Continue reading
The nuclear factor I-A (NFIA) gene is important for both normal brain development and brain tumor growth. One way to discover paths that can lead to brain malignancy is to first better understand the process of normal brain development. The Deneen lab has followed this strategy. They have studied the mechanisms by which normal brain … Continue reading
