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07 October 2024
Researchers Now Know How Killifish Regenerate Their Fins
From Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Stowers Institute Researchers say their findings could inform regenerative medicine in humans.
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03 October 2024
Visualizing cells with 3D puzzle pieces
A Stowers Science Visualization Specialist explains the search for seeing cells in a recent journal article.
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01 October 2024
Some fish regrow injured fins and we’re closer to understanding how
From New Scientist, Stowers Institute researchers have uncovered new details about how some fish can regenerate their tail after an injury, which could inch us closer to employing regenerative medicine in people.
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28 September 2024
Secrets of killifish regeneration may help us heal humans
From Earth.com, Recently, researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have made strides in understanding one aspect of this regeneration process – the timing of cellular response to injury in killifish.
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26 September 2024
Stowers scientists uncover a critical component that helps killifish regenerate their fins
The findings are a step toward closing the gap on how we could one day deploy regenerative medicine in humans
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24 September 2024
Stowers scientists look to zebrafish for potential insight into human fertility and development
Newly identified parental proteins present at fertilization reveal surprising levels of vertebrate developmental support
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24 September 2024
New Investigators open labs, begin research at the Institute
Four new Principal Investigators recently opened their labs at the Institute. Learn about their research and the impact of their science.
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19 September 2024
Stower Scientific Director named '20 to Know' in Kansas City Health Care
From the Kansas City Business Journal, Kausik Si's work centers on the brain, specifically how some proteins found in the brain are linked to neurogenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.
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18 September 2024
Stowers Institute welcomes inaugural Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellows
Alex Garruss, Ph.D., and Nelson Hall, Ph.D., join the Institute with a unifying motivation to explore foundational biology, from RNA to flatworms.
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16 September 2024
Postdoc Profile: Shixiong Cheng
A Q&A with Shixiong Cheng, postdoc in the Özel Lab
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13 September 2024
#BioBasics: What are neural crest cells?
Learn biological basics of neural crest cells and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!
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11 September 2024
Confronting congenital conditions for hope
The importance of foundational research for understanding and potentially addressing congenital conditions
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11 September 2024
How bats regulate their blood sugar levels could lead to new therapies for metabolic conditions like diabetes
From Diabetes.co.uk, New research into how bats have evolved to survive blood sugar levels which would be fatal in humans could pave the way for new treatments for conditions including diabetes.
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03 September 2024
See inside KC labs where fish regrow their hearts, research ‘sounds like science fiction’
From the Kansas City Star, Tens of thousands of zebrafish capable of regrowing their hearts and thousands of snails that can regenerate their eyes are being cultivated at a Kansas City institute — laying the foundation for future cures to human diseases.
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28 August 2024
Stowers scientists show bats are surviving and thriving on nothing but sugar
The team of researchers recorded the highest natural blood sugar levels ever observed in a mammal, now they hope it could help them better understand diabetes.
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28 August 2024
Bats’ sky-high blood sugar levels offer new hope for diabetes research: Study
To explore how bats diversified their diets, Stowers Institute researchers embarked on extensive fieldwork in the jungles of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
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28 August 2024
How Do Bats Thrive With Blood Sugar Levels That Would Kill Humans?
From U.S. News and World Report, new research results from the Stowers Institute indicate bats have evolved strategies to survive based on the diet they are presented in their environment.
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28 August 2024
How Do Bats Thrive With Blood Sugar Levels That Would Kill Humans?
From Drugs.com, Some bats have the highest blood sugar levels ever observed in any mammal, surviving and even thriving with levels that would kill a human, researchers report.
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28 August 2024
Some bats are surviving and thriving with blood sugar levels that would be lethal for other mammals
From Phys.org, New research from the Stowers Institute may enable potential solutions to metabolic disease by turning to evolution and to bats.
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26 August 2024
Stowers Postdoc shares insights from MBL’s Embryology course
Q&A with Ekasit Sonpho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sánchez Alvarado Lab
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23 August 2024
Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?
From NPR, Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., discusses research related to bats and metabolism during a recent field study in Belize.
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21 August 2024
A new view of DNA organization
Stowers scientists develop visual tool providing insight into the regulation of protein-producing ribosomes and how faulty ribosomes may lead to human disease
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In The News
17 August 2024
Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?
From NPR, Stowers Postdoctoral Researcher Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., wants to know which molecules bats are using during exercise to regulate their blood sugar in order to bring their glucose levels down. And she’s curious about how they protect their bodies from accumulating the kind of damage to their cells and DNA that usually comes from digesting a lot of sugar.
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08 August 2024
Five Facts Concerning Chromosomes
Learn what chromosomes are and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!
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