Baylor College of Medicine
The brain performs visual search near optimally
In the wild, mammals survive because they can see and evade predators lurking in the shadowy bushes.
Medical research
May 08, 2011 |
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Protein may alter inevitability of osteoarthritis
Few things in life are inevitable – death, taxes, and, if you live long enough, osteoarthritis. No treatment will stop or significantly slow the disease, and joint replacement is the only definitive treatment. That may ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Exercise in a pill may protect against extreme heat sensitivity
We've all seen the story in the news before. Whether it's the death of a physically fit high school athlete at football training camp in August, or of an elderly woman gardening in the middle of the day in July, heat stroke ...
Medical research
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Why smokers are thinner? Nicotine triggered appetite suppression site identified in brain
It is widely known that smoking inhibits appetite, but what is not known, is what triggers this process in the brain. Now researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, participating in a Yale University School of Medicine-led ...
Neuroscience
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Eat too much? Maybe it's in the blood
Bone marrow cells that produce brain-derived eurotrophic factor (BDNF), known to affect regulation of food intake, travel to part of the hypothalamus in the brain where they "fine-tune" appetite, said researchers from Baylor ...
Medical research
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Novel storage mechanism allows command, control of memory
(Medical Xpress)—Introductions at a party seemingly go in one ear and out the other. However, if you meet someone two or three times during the party, you are more likely to remember his or her name. Your ...
Neuroscience
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Harmful protein-coding mutations in people arose largely in the past 5,000 to 10,000 years (Update)
(Medical Xpress)—A study dating the age of more than 1 million single-letter variations in the human DNA code reveals that most of these mutations are of recent origin, evolutionarily speaking. These kinds ...
Genetics
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Genomic catastrophe causes developmental delay, cognitive disorders
Using a diversity of DNA sequencing and human genome analytic techniques, researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine have identified some cases of developmental delay or cognitive disorders associated with a sudden chromosomal ...
Genetics
Sep 15, 2011 |
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'Moonlighting' enzyme unravels arginine paradox
(Medical Xpress) -- Nearly 20 years ago, the journal Science tagged nitric oxide as the "molecule of the year." Since that time, researchers have tried to study and target this simple molecule that is involved in virtually every ...
Medical research
Nov 13, 2011 |
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Master gene affects neurons that govern breathing at birth and in adulthood
When mice are born lacking the master gene Atoh1, none breathe well and all die in the newborn period. Why and how this occurs could provide new answers about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but the solution has remained ...
Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Genome analysis of pancreas tumors reveals new pathway
The latest genomic analysis of pancreatic tumors identified two new pathways involved in the disease, information that could be capitalized on to develop new and earlier diagnostic tests for the disease
Cancer
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Genomic architecture presages genomic instability: study
When cells divide normally, DNA gets copied perfectly and distributed among the daughter cells with an even hand. Occasionally though, DNA breaks during division and is rearranged, resulting in duplications or deletions of ...
Genetics
Oct 02, 2011 |
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Breaking oncogene's hold on cancer cell provides new treatment direction
Just as people's bodies and minds can become addicted to substances such as drugs, caffeine, alcohol, their cancers can become addicted to certain genes that insure their continued growth and dominance.
Cancer
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Mapping the destructive path from cigarette to emphysema
From the cherry red tip of a lighted cigarette through the respiratory tract to vital lung cells, the havoc created by tobacco smoke seems almost criminal, activating genes and portions of the immune system to create inflammation ...
Medical research
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Blood type A may predispose to some rotavirus infections
Whether you become infected by some strains of rotavirus may depend on your blood type.
Medical research
Apr 15, 2012 |
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