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Dr. Benjamin Deneen honored by TAMEST for brain research
Dr. Benjamin Deneen, professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair in Neurosurgery and director of the Center for Cancer Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the 2024 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST).
Dr. King invited to serve as Chair of NIH study section (...
Dr. Katherine Y. King, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, was recently invited by the National Institutes of Health to serve as Chair of the Basic Biology of Blood, Heart and Vasculature Study Section, Vascular and Hematology Integrated Review Group, at the Center of Scientific Review.
Gene mutation underlies neurodevelopmental disorders (Aug...
A group of 20 patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders, ranging from mild to severe, now have a genetic diagnosis thanks to an international team of researchers, including investigators from Baylor College of Medicine's GREGoR Research Center.
Allen, Lupo earn pediatric cancer grants
Dr. Carl Allen and Dr. Philip Lupo, both professors of pediatrics – hematology/oncology, have each received grants from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicin...
Known disease-causing gene variants have been found in about 35% of children with severe developmental and severe childhood diseases. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine researchers, Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, Dr. Richard Gibbs, and Dr. Katherine Y. King have launched a new genomic sequencing initiative to identify the genetic mutations and the underlying mechanisms responsible for the remaining two-thirds of severe pediatric conditions.
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My Daughter Has An Ovarian Cyst
Ovarian cysts are very common in girls, and there are many times throughout a young woman's life when cysts may occur. The good news is that many of these cysts are small and self-limiting. Nonetheless, having an ovarian cyst may be a source of anxiety as they can cause pain or other hormonal disruptions.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi named the 2022 Kavli Prize Laureate in ne...
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, pioneering neurologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Kavli Prize in the field of neuroscience.
Cross-disciplinary Alzheimer's Disease Research Symposium
The Center for Alzheimer's and Neurogedenerative Diseases (CAND) will host a cross-disciplinary Alzheimer's disease research symposium on June 13th, 2022 from 12:00 - 4:30 PM at the conference center and auditorium located in the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital.
2022 EBF3 HADDS International Conference
The EBF3-HADDS Foundation was created to promote awareness, research, and support for a rare genetic syndrome discovered in 2016.
Finding the right diagnosis for one child can help millio...
By the time Collette was four months old, she had failed to reach major developmental milestones and was starting to show symptoms that were increasingly worrisome to her parents and doctors.
A pioneering study discovers an underlying cause for infa...
Infantile spasm (IS) is a severe epileptic syndrome of infancy and accounts for 50% of all epilepsy cases that occur in babies during the first year of life.
Reduced inhibition of hippocampal neurons impairs long-te...
An exciting study by researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Huda Zoghbi, distinguished service professor at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus.