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27 January 2026
From Drug Target Review, research from the Si Lab shows the brain can intentionally form amyloids to store memories, challenging decades of thinking about neurodegenerative disease and pointing towards new strategies for drug discovery.
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26 January 2026
From Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, research from the Si Lab has now identified the mechanism that makes a fleeting moment unforgettable.
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15 January 2026
From the Kansas City Business Journal, the Stowers Institute has hired Dan Devers as general counsel, effective Jan. 26, Devers succeeds Charley German, who is retiring after filling the role since 2020.
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07 January 2026
From the Journal of Cell Science, Investigator Kamena Kostova named a 'Cell Scientist to Watch'
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01 January 2026
From Science Friday, President and CSO Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado talks about the science of regeneration and the biology lessons we can carry into the new year.
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30 December 2025
From Smithsonian Magazine, Stowers scientists uncovered a gene related to that process, laying the groundwork for more research that could help humans with eye injuries.
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23 December 2025
From The Hindu, regeneration research from the Sánchez Alvarado Lab
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22 December 2025
From Ophthalmology Breaking News, Stowers scientists study eye regeneration in apple snails
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22 December 2025
From The Hearty Soul, Stowers scientists study metabolism in bats
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03 December 2025
From KCUR, Stowers researchers are training AI to analyze research data and find the patterns and regulations that make cells function.
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25 November 2025
From La vanguardia, Bazzini Lab study reveals how protein regulation enables embryos to activate their genomes and begin autonomous development in vertebrates.
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25 November 2025
From Europa Press, the Bazzini Lab co-led a study identifying a molecular switch that activates the embryonic genome, marking the beginning of autonomous development in vertebrates.
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25 November 2025
From Antena 3, the Bazzini Lab has identified for the first time a decisive mechanism that allows the embryo to activate its own genome and autonomously begin its development.
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17 November 2025
From The Beacon, when the Institute opened its Kansas City headquarters in 2000, much of the scientific world was skeptical that biomedical research could succeed in the Midwest.
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14 November 2025
From KSHB, after decades of biomedical research, leaders have big hopes for the future.
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14 November 2025
From Alzforum, Investigator Randal Halfmann defined a cellular tipping point, beyond which aggregation becomes “runaway.
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28 October 2025
From the Gerton Lab,Scientists pinpointed the DNA sequence where human chromosomes fuse, solving a century-old mystery in genome biology.
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23 October 2025
From Popular Mechanics, stem cells, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this Mediterranean flatworm.
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20 October 2025
From Scientific American, the Halfmann Lab shows a special class of immune proteins protect us from pathogens but also drive inflammation and cell death.
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16 October 2025
From ASBMB, the Zeitlinger Lab studies how protein transcription factors, or TFs, bind to DNA to regulate gene expression, using fruit flies as her model.
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16 October 2025
From The Scientist, research from the Sánchez Alvarado Lab shows stem cells in regenerating planarians don’t need their closest neighbors, overturning researchers’ understanding of the worms’ regenerative superpowers.
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10 October 2025
From NPR's All Things Considered, in the human body, cells are constantly making life-or-death decisions. If they make the wrong choice, the result can be cancer, infection or even Alzheimer's.
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06 October 2025
From the Kansas City Business Journal, Investigator Julia Zeitlinger named "20 to Know"
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30 September 2025
From Smithsonian Magazine, The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans.
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