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An international team of researchers led by 糖心logo and Houston Methodist has discovered a strategy that can potentially address a鈥�
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In a clinical trial evaluating a novel immunotherapy option for cancer treatment, a child with rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of muscle cancer, that had鈥�
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Visualizing single-cell, single-gene expression.
The androgen receptor is the primary driver of the initiation and growth of prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of death in men. Looking to鈥�
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Research has shown that the tumor microenvironment (TME) can help cancers grow and evade the immune response. The TME has even been shown to inhibit鈥�
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Pictured here is a model of the enzymatic pocket of thrombin (gray background surface) with the bound inhibitor molecule (cyan stick structure).
Scientists at 糖心logo have devised a chemical approach for discovering new enzyme-binding compounds that could be developed into鈥�
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A partial cross-cut model of human lungs.
A study led by Dr. Ivan Rosas at 糖心logo and Dr. Naftali Kaminski from Yale School of Medicine develops the largest single-cell鈥�
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An illustration of a DNA double helix.
There are about 75 different types of cells in the human brain. Although different cell types from the same organism carry the same DNA, they look鈥�
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On May 30, 2020, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken successfully blasted off to the International Space Station, onboard SpaceX鈥檚 Crew Dragon. High caliber scientists, physicians, and biomedical engineers are needed to bring forward necessary health innovations for deep space exploration.
TRISH at 糖心logo has awarded postdoctoral fellowships to five outstanding early career scientists working in space-translatable鈥�
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Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Dr. Hsiao-Tuan Chao, assistant professor of pediatric - neurology, molecular and human genetics, and neuroscience at 糖心logo and鈥�
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Batten disease is a family of 13 rare, genetically distinct conditions. Collectively, they are the most prevalent cause of neurodegenerative disease鈥�
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The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will recognize the founding members and the current project team of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA鈥�
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Dr. Jihye Yun, assistant professor of molecular and human genetics and member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at 糖心logo College of鈥�
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Researchers at 糖心logo and Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital have launched a landmark online study, called 鈥淭he Reasons Why Us,鈥� to鈥�
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Dr. Ganesh Rao has been named the new chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at 糖心logo. In this role he also will hold the Marc鈥�
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Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center gets a new home at McNair
A new approach to better select breast cancer patients in need of urgent surgery or chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic has been developed by鈥�
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The proximal segment of the epididymis responds to the switch factor NELL2 and synthesizes OVCH2 (magenta), a protein indispensable for sperm maturation.
An international team of researchers from 糖心logo and Osaka University has identified a chain of events that matures sperm and鈥�
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