Highly effective tumor detection strategy for common childhood brain tumors
(Texas A&M University) A team of scientists at Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have developed a way to more accurately both detect and monitor a common type of pediatric brain cancer, setting the stage for giving clinicians a real-time view into how the cancer responds to treatment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 21, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

The road to uncovering a novel mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins
(Baylor College of Medicine) The discovery of the cause of a rare liver disease in babies led to uncovering a novel cellular mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins that has implications for neurodegenerative conditions of older age (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Glutathione precursor GlyNAC reverses premature aging in people with HIV
(Baylor College of Medicine) Supplementation of precursors of glutathione, a major antioxidant produced by the body, improves multiple deficits associated with premature aging in people with HIV. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

CAR NKT cells offer a promising novel immunotherapy for solid tumors
(Baylor College of Medicine) Natural killer T (NKT) cells, a type of immune cells known for their potent anti-cancer properties in murine tumor models, have been developed into a novel form of immunotherapy to treat patients with cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 12, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19
Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks to two new web resources developed by investigators at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of California San Diego. The resources are freely available through the Signaling Pathways Project (Baylor) and the Network Data Exchange (UCSD). (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - September 22, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19
(Baylor College of Medicine) Two new web resources put at researchers' fingertips information about cellular genes whose expression is affected by coronavirus infection and place these data points in the context of the complex network of host molecular signaling pathways. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 22, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Human norovirus strains differ in sensitivity to the body's first line of defense
(Baylor College of Medicine) Human norovirus strains differ in sensitivity to interferon, one of the body's first line of defense. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

US-based BCM ties up with India's BE for COVID-19 vaccine production
In the race to find a cure for the coronavirus infection, Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has entered into a licensing agreement with Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited (BE) for the development of a safe, effective and affordable vaccine. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 27, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

For $5 and in 15 Minutes You Can Learn If You Have COVID-19
On Aug. 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a rapid COVID-19 test that can produce results in just 15 minutes, which could not only increase the number of people tested in the U.S., but also identify those who are positive sooner, so they can self-isolate and limit spread of the disease. The testing device, made by Abbott Laboratories and called BinaxNOW Ag Card, is about the size of a credit card and can be easily used anywhere people need to be tested. It analyzes samples from a nasal swab and comes with an app that people can download to receive their results&mda...
Source: TIME: Health - August 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Novel PROTAC enhances its intracellular accumulation and protein knockdown
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine developed an improved type of PROTAC that has enhanced intracellular accumulation and functions, not only as a degrader, but also as an inhibitor of the target protein. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - August 26, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

To be or not to be in the ER, that is the question
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers discovered a new way cells can dispose of misfolded proteins that may help better understand human NGLY1 deficiency. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Fighting cancer with rejection-resistant, 'off-the-shelf' therapeutic T cells
(Baylor College of Medicine) Baylor College of Medicine researchers develop improved cancer-fighting CAR T cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells
(Rice University) Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown in rodents that a four-week shielded stem cell treatment can reduce damage caused by a heart attack. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Baylor College of Medicine and Biological E sign licensing pact to develop Covid-19 vaccine
BE in a statement on Thursday said it will leverage its experience to develop and commercialise the vaccine candidate, which currently is produced using a proven yeast-based expression technology. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 12, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

PolyA-miner assesses the effect of alternative polyadenylation on gene expression
(Baylor College of Medicine) Meet PolyA-miner, a new computational tool that enables scientists to evaluate the contribution of alternative polyadenylation to gene regulation in health and disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 23, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news