Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...
The McNair Medical Institute at Baylor College of Medicine was established in 2007 to recruit talented scientists and physician-scientists from around the world to the Texas Medical Center. These ...
In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells, but the identity and degree of diversity of these bacteria in a single individual, their variability from person to person, and their ...
Baylor College of Medicine has been awarded $253,002 of CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to use towards emergency funding for students. Information about this funding and the ...
A specialized protein produced by the immune system that helps destroy disease-causing organisms. An antibody is a component of humoral immunity. Antibodies can be effective defenders against both ...
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a form of drug-induced (iatrogenic) movement disorder that is one form of tardive syndrome. Other forms of tardive syndrome include tardive stereotypy, tardive chorea, ...
With over 600 students and 540 faculty members, you will have a diverse group of potential colleagues, mentors and advisors at Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Our ...
Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...