Dear From the Labs reader; We are very excited that in the next few days From the Labs will reside in a new home at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network! There is nothing for you to do on your end. The next post you will receive in your inbox will be coming from our … Continue reading
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
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 … Continue reading
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