News from the Baylor Ecosystem
BCM faculty, clinicians, researchers, and staff are advancing medicine and changing the ways we deliver and access care. Here we feature an array of information channels to keep you up to date with the latest advancements from the BCM community, including:
- Momentum, which spans health news, medical education updates, healthcare, community, and events around BCM
- From the Labs, which spotlights new and innovative bench science from BCM researchers.
- The Stitch, which shares the expertise of researchers and clinicians in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery as well as the voices of patients who have undergone surgery and found healing.
- PolicyWise, which explores the full spectrum of health and science policy, from public health to emerging biotechnologies.
- BCM News, which features the headlines-making accomplishments of researchers, faculty, and staff from across BCM.
- Progress Notes, which shares students' stories from the clinics, their thoughts on medicine and healthcare, and stories from the frontlines of research.
- BCM Family, which helps you catch up on news from Baylor College of Medicine posted on the BCM Family newsletter online.
Featured News
Collaboration to Cure Rare Childhood Cancers
Researchers studying rare childhood cancers are increasingly collaborating across institutions— including the Texas Children’s Cancer Center at BCM— to pool patient data and run clinical trials that would otherwise be impossible for very rare tumors. Funding from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation supports these collaborative studies, helping expand treatment options and drive new drug approvals for pediatric cancers.
A promising potential therapeutic strategy for Rett syndrome
Researchers at BCM and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute identified a promising experimental strategy for Rett syndrome that boosts levels of the critical brain protein MeCP2. Early studies in mice and patient-derived cells showed the approach can restore some normal brain cell function, suggesting a potential future treatment for this rare genetic disorder.
When childhood heart conditions become adult heart disease
Advances in pediatric heart care mean more than 90% of children born with congenital heart disease now survive into adulthood, but many still face long-term risks such as arrhythmias, heart failure and valve problems. BCM cardiothoracic surgeons emphasize the need for lifelong, specialized monitoring to manage these complications and maintain heart health.
We really all are in this together: Using community-based participatory research methods in youth mental health
A collaborative approach known as community-based participatory research (CBPR) is helping improve youth mental health studies by involving young people, families, educators and community organizations in the research process, ensuring programs better reflect community needs and are more effective in practice.
There is more than one way for triple-negative breast cancer to become resistant to therapy
BCM researchers discovered that triple-negative breast cancer can develop resistance to treatment in more than one way, depending on the types of immune cells present in the tumor—insights that could help doctors predict resistance and tailor therapies to improve patient outcomes.
10 ways to improve your urological health in the new year
A BCM urology expert shares 10 practical tips to improve urological health, including staying hydrated, maintaining a healthy diet and weight, practicing good bladder habits, and strengthening pelvic floor muscles to support bladder and kidney health.