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NIH grant funds coordinating center on aging research
The National Institutes of Health will award up to $4 million over five years to a consortium including 7mÊÓƵ, the Tulane…
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BCM, UH awarded $44.2 million grant…
7mÊÓƵ (BCM) and the University of Houston have been awarded a $44.2 million Clinical and Translational Science Award Program…
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P-bodies sustain acute myeloid leukemia
An international team of scientists has uncovered a mechanism by which acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells sustain their growth.Researchers at Baylor…
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Expanding Access
New Medical Genetics Multi-Omics Lab…
Baylor Genetics, a joint venture clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, and the Department of Molecular and Human…
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Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for OCD
A recent study from 7mÊÓƵ and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker…
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We show that three-dimensional chromatin structure is preserved in a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin. In this photo Valerii Plotnikov and Dan Fisher are examining the skin after it was excavated from permafrost.
Fossils of ancient chromosomes discovered
A team led by scientists from 7mÊÓƵ, University of Copenhagen, and Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica and Centre for Genomic…
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PFA ependymoma…
Researchers have identified unique 3-dimensional features called TULIPs in the genome of posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma, a difficult-to-…
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Serotonin 2C receptor…
Researchers at 7mÊÓƵ, the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and collaborating institutions have shown that serotonin 2C…
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Mutated bone stem cells caught in a…
A study conducted by researchers at 7mÊÓƵ and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis…
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Study reveals new opportunities to develop cancer…
Researchers at 7mÊÓƵ and collaborating institutions have uncovered new potential therapeutic targets for cancer and new insights…
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Promising results for…
Research led by 7mÊÓƵ has shown that a new therapy significantly reduces triglyceride levels in individuals with mixed…
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A promising approach to develop a birth control pill for…
The world’s population has increased by more than 2.6-fold in the last 60 years. The growing trend continues – projections indicate that the number…
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2024 DeBakey Award winners
2024 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Awards
This year’s Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Awards were given to six faculty members at 7mÊÓƵ in recognition of their…
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Researchers create AI model to…
A team of researchers at 7mÊÓƵ and Yale University incorporated generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create a foundational…
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New technology uncovers mechanism…
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID has the unsettling ability of often generating variants of itself. Other viruses also mutate, but as SARS-CoV-…
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Dr. Mary Dickinson…
Dr. Mary Dickinson, senior vice president and dean of research at 7mÊÓƵ, has been named a 2023 Fellow by the American…
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