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As the body ages, organ function progressively declines and the risk for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and…
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Dr. Benjamin Deneen, professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair in neurosurgery and director of the Center for Cancer Neuroscience at…
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Researchers at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú have discovered a crucial regulator of the anti-cancer immune response that could change the game in the…
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Clinical Sequencing Research
A new investigation led by researchers at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and…
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered to be the gold standard to treat an episode of refractory depression. However, over the last decade,…
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²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú’s top educational leaders were honored at Faculty Awards Day, held earlier this month in the College’s Cullen Auditorium.
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Researchers at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú/Texas Children’s Cancer Center and collaborating institutions report interim results from a first-in-human…
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Somatic mosaicism occurs when somatic cells, or the body’s non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic…
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Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common and second deadliest cancer. How colorectal cancer develops is not well understood, but a team led by…
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Researchers at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú and collaborating institutions have identified a strategy cancerous tumors use to remotely disrupt the…
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Neuropathy is a type of chronic pain triggered by nerve injury or certain diseases. It affects millions of people worldwide, significantly…
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As people get older, they aspire to live healthy lives as free as possible from the natural decline of cognitive abilities that occurs with aging. At…
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²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú’s Center for Space Medicine and Translational Research Institute for Space Health leadership (left) celebrate the new agreement with leadership from the Korea National Institute of Health (right) at NASA HRP Investigators' Workshop in February 2023.
A new agreement between ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú’s Center for Space Medicine and the Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) will enable new…
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Research supports the promise of psychedelics in treating conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but the future regulatory…
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Researchers at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special…
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Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are major public health burdens among adults, and Hispanics and Latinos in the United States are at increased risk…
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