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01 January 2026
Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You
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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23 December 2025
In axolotls and flatworms, regeneration is a body-wide choreograph
From The Hindu, regeneration research from the Sánchez Alvarado Lab
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22 December 2025
Top 10 Breakthroughs in Ophthalmology Research
From Ophthalmology Breaking News, Stowers scientists study eye regeneration in apple snails
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22 December 2025
Bats May Hold a Key to Future Diabetes Therapies, Scientists Say
From The Hearty Soul, Stowers scientists study metabolism in bats
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03 December 2025
Kansas City researchers could shape the future of medicine by training their own AI
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
International Study Identifies an Essential Mechanism for the Beginning of Life in Vertebrates
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
How Embryos Take Control: Stowers-Led Research Reveals a Fundamental Step in Early Development
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
A New Discovery Reveals How the Embryo Takes Control of Life in Its Earliest Hours
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
At 25, the Stowers Institute is still searching for the secrets of life
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
Kansas City's Stowers Institute celebrates 25-year anniversary
From KSHB, after decades of biomedical research, leaders have big hopes for the future.
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14 November 2025
Does ‘Runaway Aggregation’ Spell the End for Neurons?
From Alzforum, Investigator Randal Halfmann defined a cellular tipping point, beyond which aggregation becomes “runaway.
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28 October 2025
Century-Old Mystery of Robertsonian Chromosomes Solved
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
A Bizarre Worm Could Teach Humans to Regenerate, Scientists Say
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
Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade
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
AI unlocks the hidden grammar of gene regulation
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
Flatworm Stem Cells Regenerate Through Contactless Communication
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
Researchers may have discovered why cells sometimes kill themselves unnecessarily
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
Stowers Investigator Named "20 to Know" in Kansas City
From the Kansas City Business Journal, Investigator Julia Zeitlinger named "20 to Know"
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30 September 2025
This Invasive Vampire Fish Is Helping Researchers Understand the Human Nervous System in Jaw-Dropping Ways
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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25 September 2025
DNA sequence once overlooked as ‘junk’ found to drive human chromosome fusions
The Interesting Engineering, researchers pinpoint the precise DNA breakpoint behind Robertsonian chromosomes, reshaping understanding of human genetics.
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25 September 2025
Genome Evolution Revealed by Robertsonian Chromosome Rearrangements
From, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, scientists in the Gerton Lab have now identified the precise location where human chromosomes break and recombine to form Robertsonian chromosomes.
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24 September 2025
‘Landmark’ study offers new insight into some cases of infertility, Down syndrome
From Fox4, Kansas City scientists in the Gerton Lab have made a “landmark” discovery that offers new insight into some cases of infertility, miscarriage and Down syndrome.
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24 September 2025
Kansas City scientists publish 'landmark' study with major implications for fertility, Down syndrome research
From KMBC, researchers in the Gerton Lab have, for the first time, identified the exact DNA breakpoint where two human chromosomes fuse together, forming an unusual bond known as a Robertsonian chromosome.
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24 September 2025
Stowers Scientists Uncover Fusion Point of Robertsonian Chromosomes, Shedding Light on Chromosomal Evolution
From Bioengineer.org, recent groundbreaking research from the Gerton Lab unveils pivotal understandings about human chromosomes, particularly focusing on the enigmatic Robertsonian chromosomes.
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