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A new study helps researchers engineer better gene therapies. bit.ly/4jhW2Pw #GeneTherapies #BCMResearch
New study helps researchers engineer better gene therapies
This study will make basic research on AAV vectors for gene delivery and preclinical gene therapy studies in mice more efficient and reproducible.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Researchers uncover key players in tissue regeneration. #TissueRegeneration #BCMResearch
Researchers uncover key players in tissue regeneration
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions took a closer look at how the gastrointestinal tissue repairs itself. They reveal...
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April 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Baylor College of Medicine crowned @statnews.com Madness champion for second consecutive year. bit.ly/4jeo0eE #STATMadness #BCMResearch
Baylor crowned STAT Madness champion for second consecutive year, for insights into memory
A Baylor College of Medicine team won the STAT Madness popular vote for the second consecutive year
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April 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Researchers find watching others eat may influence overeating. #BCMResearch #Overeating
Mouse study: watching others eat may influence overeating
Watching others eat tasty foods may lead to overeating, even in the absence of hunger, according to a new mouse study being presented Monday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Researchers take a closer look at how medulloblastoma tumors grow and spread. bit.ly/431vhbz #BCMResearch #CancerResearch
Partners in crime: Metastatic medulloblastoma recruits local fibroblasts to support its spread and growth
This novel discovery shows how tumor and non-tumor cells work together to create an environment that backs up cancer growth.
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May 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Researchers have uncovered a strategy that triple negative breast cancer cells use to boost their ability to metastasize or spread to other organs. #BCMResearch #TripleNegativeBreastCancer
‘Sticky coat’ boosts triple negative breast cancer’s ability to metastasize
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a strategy that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells use to boost their ability to metastasize,...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Scientists uncover nuclear droplets that link multiple leukemias. #BCMResearch #Therapeutics
Scientists uncover nuclear droplets that link multiple leukemias, a potential new therapeutic target
The study reveals that different genetic drivers of leukemia use the same compartments inside the cell nucleus to keep cancer growing.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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A new study reveals unique features of early-onset colorectal cancer. bit.ly/4aQtVUB #ColorectalCancer #BCMResearch
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January 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Research model reveals unsuspected effects of muscular dystrophy in the GI. #BCMResearch
Mouse model reveals unsuspected effects of muscular dystrophy in the GI
This study not only uncovered a key mechanism but points at new ways to develop treatments that could make a difference in people living with DM1.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Plon and her collaborators on receiving a grant from Alex's Lemonade Stand for their study on implementing a genetic test to screen newborns for several cancer predisposition syndromes. #BCMFaculty #BCMResearch
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Fighting Childhood Cancer with Breakthrough Research Initiatives
[Philadelphia, PA] — [March 20, 2025] — Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), the largest independent childhood cancer charity in the U.S., announces the funding of two groundbreaking research proj...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine find transplant survival is improving, but organ shortages continue to limit access. https://bit.ly/4uMlxOS #BCMResearch
Despite Greater Transplantation Survival, Organ Shortages Persist
The gap between the number of patients who need transplants and those who receive them remains large.
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June 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Learn how wastewater surveillance can help detect disease outbreaks and even cancer-causing viruses in the community. https://bit.ly/4vY3MfV #BCMResearch
Inside the high-stakes quest to find cancer-causing viruses in city sewers
Wastewater surveillance tracked health threats like COVID. Scientists are now asking if it can help track cancer-causing viruses, too.
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June 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new analytical tool to optimize the potency and selectivity of drugs. #BCMResearch
A new analytical tool to optimize the potency and selectivity of drugs
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new data analysis method named COOKIE-Pro (Covalent Occupancy Kinetic Enrichment via...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Experts share recommendations to improve neonatology staffing. bit.ly/4j3HdiQ #BCMResearch
Recommendations to improve neonatology staffing
Staffing challenges related to patient safety, physician well-being and workforce sustainability are a growing concern in the subspecialty of neonatology...
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May 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Researchers find when genes ATP13A2 and GBA1 interact it drives neurodegeneration like that found in Parkinson's disease. #BCMResearch #ParkinsonsDisease
Partners in crime – genes ATP13A2 and GBA1 interact to drive neurodegeneration
The findings reveal promising biological pathways that could be explored in future therapies.
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April 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Researchers develop new imaging tools to listen in on the brain’s ‘electrical whispers.’ https://bit.ly/4pHhEcg #BCMResearch
New imaging tools to listen in on the brain’s ‘electrical whispers’
These biosensors make previously undetectable signals visible, opening new possibilities for studying how neural circuits process information.
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July 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain. https://bit.ly/4ngbcb7 #BCMResearch #LanguageProcessing
Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while in an unconscious state from...
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May 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Dr. Christophe Herman and his lab talk about an unexpected strategy bacteria use to survive antibiotics. https://bit.ly/4foRtU4 #Antibiotics #BCMResearch
Teamwork: An unexpected strategy bacteria use to survive antibiotics
The findings help explain why some bacteria are hard to eliminate and suggest potential future approaches to improve antibiotic effectiveness.
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July 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Baylor researchers develop and validate clinical diagnostic RNA sequencing test. bit.ly/3F40YIZ #BCMResearch
Baylor researchers develop and validate clinical diagnostic RNA sequencing test
RNA sequencing has emerged as a powerful supplement to DNA sequencing for Mendelian disease diagnosis, but clinical translation of diagnostic RNA-seq has...
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March 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Dr. Wylie W. Vale, Jr. Memorial Lecture celebrates and inspires research. #BCMResearch #BCMEducation
Dr. Wylie W. Vale, Jr. Memorial Lecture celebrates and inspires research
The event celebrates the life and research of Vale, who received a doctorate in physiology and biochemistry from Baylor in 1968, by inviting renowned scientists in the field of metabolism to present t...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Researchers find attaining a healthy weight range linked to lower risk of type 1 diabetes progression. https://bit.ly/4hGqPI6 #BCMResearch
Attaining a healthy weight range linked to lower risk of type 1 diabetes progression
A Baylor College of Medicine-led team found that moving into a normal weight range was associated with about half the risk of progressing to clinical type...
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August 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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A new multipronged approach can distinguish gene function changes that promote Parkinson’s disease from those that confer protection. https://bit.ly/4ucxPiS #ParkinsonsDisease #BCMResearch
Multipronged approach distinguishes gene function changes that promote Parkinson’s disease from those that confer protection
The researchers show in an animal model that it is possible to change the course of the disease by reprogramming the recycling and waste-disposal system of neurons.
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April 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Researchers investigate the underlying mechanism of steroid-resistant asthma. https://bit.ly/4cuuGom #asthma #BCMResearch
Understanding the underlying mechanism of steroid-resistant asthma
While many can control asthma symptoms with inhaled steroid medications, about 10% develop a more severe form that does not respond well to these treatments.
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September 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have uncovered an intervention that can potentially improve the outcome of children with malnutrition. https://bit.ly/3UhB2RG #BCMResearch
A novel intervention to potentially improve the outcome of children with malnutrition
Childhood malnutrition contributes to nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 years of age.
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August 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Dr. Marina Masciale discusses a recent study that looks at the number of children hospitalized in the U.S. for vitamin and mineral toxicity. https://wb.md/4xlzKUk #BCMResearch
Thousands of US Kids Hospitalized for Vitamin Toxicity
Thousands of children have been hospitalized after poisoning by vitamins and minerals in recent years, the majority ingested intentionally.
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August 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM