Scientists at Stowers Institute have revealed that the brain development in sea lampreys shows striking similarities to human brain development. The sea lamprey, an ancient…
Scientists at Stowers Institute collaborate to discover an underlying cause of male infertility. Infertility affects countless couples globally, and in half of these cases, the…
The findings could potentially improve the success rate of cancer drug development. Approximately 90% of drugs don’t reach the market, highlighting the clear need for…
Research on selfish genes provides new insight into meiotic drive systems. New findings from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research uncover critical insights about how…
The finding could alter our understanding of how parasitic DNA affects genome evolution. Meiotic drivers, a kind of selfish gene, are indeed selfish. They are…
Opening the black box to uncover the rules of the genome’s regulatory code. Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, in collaboration with colleagues…
CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that has enabled researchers to study the function of different genes in model organisms. Scientists at the Stowers Institute for…
For the first time, scientists from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and collaborators have described the structure of an endogenously sourced, functioning neuronal amyloid…
Researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and collaborators have identified a way to expand blood-forming, adult stem cells from human umbilical cord blood…
While studying fruit flies, neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research discovered a major clue in how synapses stay strong and keep long-term memories…