Large-scale protein and gene profiling have massively expanded the landscape of cancer-associated proteins and gene mutations ...

Dr. Malcolm Brenner and Dr. Cliona Rooney of Baylor College of Medicine are two of the 170 academic inventors named fellows of the National Academy ...

Advances in genomic medicine have improved diagnoses and care of sick newborn babies in neonatal intensive care units, but ...

Whether traveling or attending crowded indoor events, it's important to be prepared for common illnesses that may be ...

The Center of Educational Outreach at Baylor College of Medicine will expand science, technology, engineering, math and ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University have received a $2.3 million Breakthrough Award from the ...

Modern day drug discovery is shifting from single end point assays to more complex phenotypic assays that query single cell ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

Provides senior leadership Section of Public Health Pediatrics. Dr. Lopez and her team design, implement and evaluation innovative strategies, programs, policies and practices to mitigate childhood ...

Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

Celiac artery compression syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is a condition where a muscular fibrous band of the diaphragm, the median arcuate ligament, compresses the celiac ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a cell. Membrane proteins are embedded in lipid bilayers and serve a wide ...