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11 September 2024
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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In The News
03 September 2024
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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Press Release
28 August 2024
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
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
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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In The News
28 August 2024
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
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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News
26 August 2024
Q&A with Ekasit Sonpho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sánchez Alvarado Lab
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In The News
23 August 2024
From NPR, Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., discusses research related to bats and metabolism during a recent field study in Belize.
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News
21 August 2024
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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17 August 2024
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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News
08 August 2024
Learn what chromosomes are and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!
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In The News
31 July 2024
From KSHB 41 NBC, Researchers in the Bazzini Lab explain how their new findings could pave way for new treatments, vaccines
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In The News
31 July 2024
From the Indian Society for Developmental Biologists, Postdoctoral Researcher Vidyanand Sasidharan, Ph.D., was interviewed about his research in their "Behind the Bench" series
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News
30 July 2024
"My ultimate goal is to identify potential targets for the development of innovative antiviral therapies."
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In The News
26 July 2024
From Technology Networks, research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research offers new hope in the search for novel antiviral treatments and vaccines against dengue viral infections. Dengue and other viruses preferentially use a host’s less efficient codons, possibly to evade an antiviral response.
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25 July 2024
From Technology Networks, Dengue and other viruses preferentially use a host’s less efficient codons, possibly to evade an antiviral response.
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24 July 2024
From BioTechniques, Researchers have found that dengue virus infects mosquito and human hosts using nonoptimal synonymous codons, potentially to avoid triggering an antiviral response.
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Press Release
22 July 2024
Stowers scientists uncover fundamental rules for how dengue virus infects its mosquito and human hosts, providing hope for identifying therapeutic approaches
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22 July 2024
From Phys.org, Mosquito-borne viral infections once confined to tropical regions are spreading. Dengue virus infects up to 400 million people worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates, and no available treatments exist for this disease.
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In The News
22 July 2024
From Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, new research from the Stowers Institute investigated the adaptation of virus genomes to the host optimality code. To do that, they used mosquito-borne dengue virus as a model. The findings uncovered strategies that dengue (and other viruses) use to replicate in their hosts, with the potential to aid in developing novel antiviral treatments and vaccines.
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In The News
08 July 2024
From NPR, Dozens of bat researchers, including Stowers Institute Postdoctoral Researcher Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., descend upon a tropical preserve in Belize, home to a diverse population of bats. Each scientist hopes to net the specific breed of bat they need to do their research.
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News
08 July 2024
The fellowship recognizes scientists who have already contributed valuable research in their field and who demonstrate the greatest promise for future success.
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In The News
03 July 2024
From In Kansas City Magazine: Meet 10 people, including Stowers Scientific Director Kausik Si, Ph.D., who are making a difference in Kansas City.
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