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Baylor receives grant to study DBS of…
91¹ú²úÊÓƵ received nearly $10 million in funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative to study effective treatments for the depressive…
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Dr. Carolyn Smith to lead research mission at…
Dr. Carolyn Smith was announced as senior vice president and dean of research at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ following approval by the Board of…
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How estrogen's millisecond-fast action happens
Estrogen, the major female ovarian hormone, can trigger nerve impulses within milliseconds to regulate a variety of physiological processes. At…
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Researchers discovered mechanism…
Researchers at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ and collaborating institutions have discovered a mechanism that drives the long-term decline in immune…
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Researchers at BCM and TCH create mouse model…
Researchers at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital and 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ recently made…
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NIH grant funds coordinating center on aging research
The National Institutes of Health will award up to $4 million over five years to a consortium including 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the Tulane…
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BCM, UH awarded $44.2 million grant…
91¹ú²úÊÓƵ (BCM) and the University of Houston have been awarded a $44.2 million Clinical and Translational Science Award Program…
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P-bodies sustain acute myeloid leukemia
An international team of scientists has uncovered a mechanism by which acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells sustain their growth.Researchers at Baylor…
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New Medical Genetics Multi-Omics Lab…
Baylor Genetics, a joint venture clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, and the Department of Molecular and Human…
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Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for OCD
A recent study from 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker…
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We show that three-dimensional chromatin structure is preserved in a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin. In this photo Valerii Plotnikov and Dan Fisher are examining the skin after it was excavated from permafrost.
Fossils of ancient chromosomes discovered
A team led by scientists from 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ, University of Copenhagen, and Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica and Centre for Genomic…
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PFA ependymoma…
Researchers have identified unique 3-dimensional features called TULIPs in the genome of posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma, a difficult-to-…
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Serotonin 2C receptor…
Researchers at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and collaborating institutions have shown that serotonin 2C…
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Mutated bone stem cells caught in a…
A study conducted by researchers at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis…
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Study reveals new opportunities to develop cancer…
Researchers at 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ and collaborating institutions have uncovered new potential therapeutic targets for cancer and new insights…
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Promising results for…
Research led by 91¹ú²úÊÓƵ has shown that a new therapy significantly reduces triglyceride levels in individuals with mixed…
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