Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Program
ZIC1 gene drives distinct medulloblastoma types in different ways (Baylor College of Medicine - January 8, 2025)
Alternative gene splicing gone wrong leads to aggressive medulloblastoma (Baylor College of Medicine - August 27, 2024)
TULIPs in brain tumors could be exploited therapeutically (Baylor College of Medicine - August 15, 2024)
Unexpected role of OTX2 drives aggressive medulloblastoma (Baylor College of Medicine - July 18, 2024)
Therapeutic target found in deadly pediatric brain tumors (Mirage - July 10, 2024)
Genetic insights could help remove medulloblastoma’s cellular ‘trigger’ (Nature Portfolio - July 10, 2024)
Targeting stem-like cells shrinks medulloblastoma tumors in preclinical study (Medical Xpress - July 10, 2024)
PFA ependymoma brain tumors display unique 3D genome features that could be exploited therapeutically (Baylor College of Medicine - July 10, 2024)
Study points at novel approach to treat Group 3 medulloblastoma (Baylor College of Medicine - July 9, 2024)
3-year-old cancer survivor's has her artwork showcased during PGA Tour's Houston Open (ABC 13 KTRK - March 31, 2024)
Genetic insights could help remove medulloblastoma’s cellular ‘trigger’: Building on a 50-year-old discovery, a team in Texas aims to consign a deadly childhood cancer to the history books (Nature Portfolio - November 13, 2023)
19-year-old cancer survivor strives to become oncologist (KHOU 11 - October 26, 2023)
Boy, 9, had double vision. His parents thought he needed glasses. It was a brain tumor (TODAY - May 24, 2023)
Toronto neurosurgeon tapped to lead Texas Children's, Baylor research into childhood brain cancer (Houston Chronicle - February 8, 2023)
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine name Dr. Michael Taylor director of research program (Becker's Spine Review - February 9, 2023)
Dr. Michael Taylor joins Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine as Director of the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Program (Texas Children's Hospital - February 8, 2023)
Houston boy fighting brain cancer gets support from TCU's football team (CBS - January 8, 2023)
ABC 13 Houston: Cypress father whose Olympic dream was cut short helps daughter learn to walk post-cancer (ABC 13 KTRK - October 6, 2022)
Pilot grants awarded to researchers for innovative therapies (September 7, 2022 - Texas Children's Hospital)
EpicentRx and Texas Children’s Cancer Center announce the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial with RRx-001 for poediatric CNS tumors (EpicentRx - February 24, 2022)
POT1 gene mutation predisposes to glioma and affects survival in a sex-specific manner (ReNew Houston - April 20, 2021)
Baylor and TCH researchers honored with AACR Team Science Award (Baylor College of Medicine - April 15, 2021)
CAR T cell therapy promising treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer (Medical Dialogues - May 3, 2020)
Promising new treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer (Baylor College of Medicine - April 27, 2020)
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation names awardees of Early Career Development research grants (Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation - October 17, 2019)
Childhood brain tumor survivors face more struggles (HealthDay Reporter - June 25, 2019)
Pediatric precision medicine approach proven possible in pediatric MATCH trial (OncLive - May 15, 2019)
Pediatric MATCH trial finds more frequent targetable genetic alterations in pediatric cancers than predicted (American Society of Clinical Oncology - May 15, 2019)
Pediatric MATCH study finds more targetable genetic changes than expected (National Cancer Institute - May 15, 2019)
ASCO: Promising start to pediatric MATCH trial (Cancer Network - May 15, 2019)
Dr. Sarah Injac: Emerging research grant – Medulloblastoma (Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation - March 7, 2019)
Case Beken, 14-year-old with terminal brain tumor, fulfills dream of becoming firefighter (ABC 13 KTRK - August 15, 2018)
Firefighters treat teen with terminal illness as one of their own (KHOU 11 - August 15, 2018)
Sean Gamino, 13, continues fighting through brain tumor (ABC 13 KTRK - July 27, 2018)
St. Baldrick’s Foundation awards seven Baylor faculty with pediatric cancer research grants (Baylor College of Medicine - July 19, 2018)
Claire's story: Braver, stronger than ever (Texas Children's Hospital - April 13, 2018)
First Mutton Bustin' champ of 2018 RodeoHouston is cancer survivor (ABC13 - March 1, 2018)
Researchers develop approach for identifying tumor targets when genetic drivers are unknown (Medical Xpress / Baylor College of Medicine - January 5, 2018)
Clinical trial results show benefit of brain cancer therapy (Baylor College of Medicine - April 20, 2017)
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