Expiration dates: keep, toss or eat?
Baylor College of Medicine nutrition expert explains the meaning behind food expiration, "use by" and "sell by" dates of foods. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - October 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

1000 Genomes Project provides functional insights on genetic variation
Baylor College of Medicine researchers provide insights on genetic variation. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - October 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Whole exome sequencing takes new technology into the clinic
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that a new genetic test helped provide a diagnosis to 25 percent of the first 250 such patients referred to the Baylor Whole Genome Laboratory, demonstrating the value of such technology to individual patients. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - October 2, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New leadership announced within Michael E. DeBakey department of surgery
New leadership appointments have been announced within the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - October 1, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Baylor, Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Foundation team up to advance research of complex syndrome
The Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Foundation has provided funding support to Baylor College of Medicine to establish a new center, called the SMS Initiative, focused on expanding research into this complex genomic disorder. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Healthy volunteers benefit from whole exome sequencing
Baylor College of Medicine researchers are among those to detail results from a genome sequencing study, in addition to how volunteers coped with the information they received. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Sequencing studies help pinpoint gene in Prader-Willi syndrome
(Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

BCM researchers win National Science Foundation award
The National Science Foundation has awarded two Baylor College of Medicine researchers with a collaborative research award that is a joint initiative between the NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences and National Institute of General Medical Sciences to support research at the interface of the biological and mathematical sciences. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 27, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

McDeavitt selected to lead physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. James McDeavitt, a recognized leader in educational, research and clinical programs, has been named chair of Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 27, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Baylor, Stanford medical schools seek to improve clinical understanding of gene changes
A grant for over 8 million dollars from the National Human Genome Research Institute for researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and The Stanford University School of Medicine will go to advancing gene sequencing technologies. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 25, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Other errors in genome accompany copy number variation
(Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 24, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Pif1 key element in repairing broken DNA
Researchers including those from Baylor College of Medicine found that an enzyme called Pif1 that promotes the extensive DNA synthesis that occurs through a specific mechanism called D-loop migration. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 23, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Blood test on horizon to detect aortic aneurysm, dissection
Researchers, including those from Baylor College of Medicine, have developed a blood test that may provide a faster, simpler way for doctors to detect aortic aneurysms. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 19, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

NIH-funded pandemic preparation: Baylor investigates bird flu vaccine
Baylor College of Medicine researchers will participate in studies to test vaccines to protect against the possibility of a bird flu pandemic. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 18, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

A simpler way to predict heart failure
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found a new, simpler way to predict risks of heart failure. (Source: Baylor College of Medicine News)
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - September 16, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news