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06 August 2025
Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs
From Popular Science, even without this genetic superpower, human eyes and genes are very similar.
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25 July 2025
Zebrafish Genes Offer Clues to Healing Hearing Loss
Published in Technology Networks, scientists have discovered how two genes control the regeneration of sensory hair cells in zebrafish, offering new clues for addressing hearing loss in humans. Published in Nature Communications, the study, led by Tatjana Piotrowski, PhD, provides a clearer picture of how stem cells and their progeny divide to replenish damaged tissue – a process that fish perform naturally but humans cannot. These findings could open new avenues for regenerative medicine research targeting hearing and balance disorders.
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22 July 2025
This Fish Can Regrow Its Hearing Cells – And Scientists Just Found Out How
From SciTechDaily, zebrafish can regrow hearing cells we can’t, and scientists have just found two genes that may explain how. This discovery could pave the way for future therapies to reverse hearing loss in humans.
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20 July 2025
Hair Cell Regeneration In Zebrafish Could Yield Hearing Loss Breakthrough
From StudyFinds, new research from the Piotrowski Lab published in Nature Communications, the study reveals that the regenerative process is far more flexible than previously understood, opening new avenues for therapeutic approaches that don’t rely on traditional cell division pathways.
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16 July 2025
Kauffman Foundation CFO takes same position at Stowers Institute
From the Kansas City Business Journal, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's CFO has taken the same position at another mainstay in the Kansas City nonprofit scene. Kristin Bechard will join the Stowers Institute for Medical Research as CFO and treasurer, the third CFO in Stowers' 31-year history.
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16 July 2025
Stowers Institute for Medical Research Name Kristin Bechard as CFO, Treasurer
From Ingrams, Kristin Bechard is the new chief financial officer and treasurer of The Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
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14 July 2025
Cancer Genes Could Be Key to Future Hearing Loss Treatments
From Inside Precision Medicine, researchers at the Stowers Institute have identified two cell division genes that are essential for the regeneration of sensory hair cells in fish. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer a new avenue of research for regenerative therapies targeting hearing loss conditions.
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11 July 2025
American Century Championship will benefit KC's Stowers Institute
From KSHB 41, the Stowers Institute in Kansas City is one of the primary beneficiaries of proceeds from the American Century Tournament. Go inside the labs to see the work their scientists are currently pursuing.
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11 July 2025
Charity is a big focus of the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe
From South Tahoe Now, while eyes are always on those golfing at Edgewood Tahoek, the hearts of many are looking at the charity aspects of the annual American Century Championship. The host of the event, American Century Investments, puts 40 percent of all profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a world-class biomedical research organization dedicated to defeating life-threatening diseases.
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11 July 2025
American Century Championship will benefit KC's Stowers Institute
Celebrity golf tournament in Tahoe can be seen on KSHB 41
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11 July 2025
Regeneration Discovery May One Day Inform Hearing Loss Treatment
Zebrafish hair cells regrow via cyclin gene activity in specific cells, offering clues to future hearing restoration in humans.
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10 June 2025
New Study Uncovers Vulnerabilities of Lethal Fungal Pathogen
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15 May 2025
Stowers Institute in KC is leading research on stem cells and cancer treatment
From KSHB, for the last 25 years, the Li Lab at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri, has taken part in groundbreaking research related to stem cells and the role it plays in cancer treatment. Their next 25 years are just as promising.
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03 March 2025
Investigator Julia Zeitlinger, Ph.D., named co-chair of the 2025 ASBMB meeting
The meeting will focus on core life processes from a gene expression, developmental and evolutionary perspective
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11 February 2025
Understanding the science of daily stress
From NPR's "Short Wave" podcast, In this excerpt from our podcast "Seeking A Scientist," host Kate the Chemist set out to understand the science behind everyday stress and some helpful ways to cope.
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14 January 2025
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names 25 New Hanna H. Gray Fellows
From Forbes, Stowers Institute Postdoc Riley Galton, Ph.D., named Hanna H. Gray Fellow
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20 November 2024
Stowers President appears on "There's Just Something About Kansas City" Podcast
From "There's Just Something about Kansas City," Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is the President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Stowers Institute. World renowned for his groundbreaking work in regenerative biology, Dr. Sanchez Alvarado is the leader in exploring the mysteries of life and the potential for organisms to regenerate damaged tissues.
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01 November 2024
Stowers Institute launches AI initiative to help accelerate, expand discoveries
From the Kansas City Business Journal, The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is turning to artificial intelligence to more rapidly make discoveries about human health and disease.
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17 October 2024
How Cells Know Where to Grow After Injury
From The Scientist, Fish fins and single-cell sequencing help Stowers Institute scientists glean new insights into tissue regeneration.
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14 October 2024
Stowers scientists explore how sugar-loving bats can help humans
From KCTV5, newly released research from Stowers Institute shows bats have evolved strategies to survive. In fact, scientists recorded the highest ever observed sugar levels in a mammal—levels that would be coma-inducing for humans.
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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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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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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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