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.
Featured News
Peter Hotez on the 'tridemic' and how to protect your family
Dr. Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at BCM, discusses the tridemic of RSV, COVID, and flu and shares strategies for staying safe.
Researchers develop algorithm to identify microbial contaminants in low microbial biomass microbiomes
Dr. Kjersti Aagaard, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at BCM and Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborators at Rice University have developed a contamination detection tool to support identification and analysis of microbes.
What could we owe to the dead?
A philosophical meditation on the ethical considerations for the ways we should honor the remains and lives of those who have passed.
Current Pancreatic Cancer Research at Baylor Medicine
An overview of BCM’s current research initiatives on pancreatic cancer, spanning topics such as diagnosis, innovative treatments, and clinical trials.
Forging a New Path for Diversity in Outer Space
Catherine Domingo, research administration associate with the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at BCM describes strategies for engaging underrepresented researchers in addressing the challenges of space health.
Dissemination of bone metastasis linked with bone remodeling
New research from the lab of Dr. Xiang H.-F. Zhang demonstrates bone metastasis initiation coupled with bone repair in an animal model, suggesting new directions for exploring techniques to prevent tumor recurrence.