Researchers test potential anti-suicidal effects of drug
Baylor College of Medicine is collaborating with VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. on a study of the anti-suicidal effects of a new VistaGen drug candidate in healthy … Read more
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Researchers find anti-suicidal properties of ketamine
In patients with treatment resistant depression who were experiencing suicidal thoughts, experts at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical … Read more
Gene knockdown affects aggression in fruit flies
What brings out the beast in a fruit fly? When Dr. Herman Dierick, assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine … Read more
Potential new treatment for brittle bone disease
Patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) treated with teriparatide, a form of parathyroid hormone approved for treatment of women with osteoporosis, had stronger bones … Read more
Breast cell survival factor increases breast cancer risk after late pregnancy
The mystery of why the risk of breast cancer goes up in women whose first pregnancies occur after the age of 35 may boil down … Read more
Can the risks that often accompany twin pregnancies be solved two monkeys at a time?
How can the tiny marmoset – a New World monkey – regularly successfully bear twins and sometimes triplets and quadruplets when much larger humans often … Read more
HIV-1 accessory protein helps induce metabolic defects
The wily human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) has another trick up its sleeve, one that can disrupt cellular metabolism and raise the risk of heart disease, … Read more
Blood Test Accurately Diagnoses Concussion, Predicts Long Term Cognitive Disability
A new blood biomarker correctly predicted which concussion victims went on to have white matter tract structural damage and persistent cognitive dysfunction following a mild … Read more
Hyperactive platelets to blame for African-American cardio risk?
A molecular pathway through which platelets, the clot-forming cells of the blood, are activated could outline the road to heart disease and stroke for people … Read more
Kids born small should get moving
Female mice who were growth restricted in the womb were born at a lower birth weight, but were less active and prone to obesity as … Read more
Statins Suppress Rett Syndrome Symptoms in Mice
Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs found in millions of medicine cabinets, may help treat Rett Syndrome, according to a study published today in Nature … Read more
