A promising new treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers developed a novel approach that delivers appropriately-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy directly into the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds recurrent pediatric brain tumors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Adult astrocytes are key to learning and memory
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine discovered that astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, play a direct role in the regulation of adult neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine
(Baylor College of Medicine) After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 16, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers discovered that ACOX1 is involved in two distinct neurodegenerative disorders. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Scents regulate fat storage without affecting eating behavior
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers discovered that, in the lab worm C. elegans, certain scents dynamically regulate fat mobilization by interacting with specific olfactory neurons through specific receptors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Inventors Are Whipping Up Homemade Ventilators to Fend Off a Shortage. Some Doctors Are Wary
A mechanical ventilator can cost a hospital tens of thousands of dollars up front, and even more money each day it’s used to keep oxygen flowing into a sick patient’s lungs. It’s unsurprising, then, that some small U.S. hospitals can count theirs on one hand. There are about 160,000 ventilators in use in hospitals nationwide—about half the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as of April 6.
As the number of coronavirus diagnoses ticks upward, inventors are resorting to increasingly creative solutions to stave off an impending ventilator shortage. But the stakes are high for getting it righ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Reusable respirators may be a suitable alternative to disposable respirators
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers have found that reusable respirators may be a suitable alternative to disposable N95 respirators currently in high demand. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Analyzing patients shortly after stroke can help link brain regions to speech functions
(Rice University) New research from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine shows analyzing the brains of stroke victims just days after the stroke allows researchers to link various speech functions to different parts of the brain, an important breakthrough that may lead to better treatment and recovery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Researchers find brain cell that triggers tremor and how to control it
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers have improved our understanding of how tremor -- the most common movement disorder -- happens, opening the possibility of novel therapies for this condition. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Genetic signature may identify mothers at risk for preeclampsia
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a genetic signature combining certain maternal and fetal gene variants that are associated with a higher risk of preeclampsia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fruit flies advance research on ACOX1-related neurodegenerative disorders
(Baylor College of Medicine) A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports that a hyperactive variant of enzyme ACOX1 produces elevated levels of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and causes a previously unidentified late-onset neurodegenerative disorder. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
CAR-T therapy for lymphoma studied at UNC Lineberger receives FDA fast-track designation
(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) Based on proof-of-concept results from clinical trials at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine, an investigational cellular immunotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma has received a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Baylor College of Medicine and UH announce collaborative grant awardees
(University of Houston) Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston are teaming up for new research collaborations. The two Texas Medical Center member institutions have awarded grant funding for nine research projects. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 9, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Connecting interferon, neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease
(Baylor College of Medicine) Interferon-mediated inflammation in brains of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease triggers synapse loss key to neurodegeneration. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Neurofibromatosis gene provides new insight into breast cancer resistance to hormone therapy
(Baylor College of Medicine) Neurofibromin (NF1), a protein involved in cancer growth, helps estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer develop resistance to hormone therapy by two independent mechanisms, not one as previously thought. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
