Tales from the crypt lead researchers to cancer discovery

Tales from the crypt are supposed to be scary, but new research shows that crypts can be places of renewal too:  Intestinal crypts, that is. Intestinal crypts are small areas of the intestine where new cells are formed to continuously renew the digestive tract.  By focusing on one protein expressed in our intestines called Lrig1, the researchers have identified a special population of intestinal stem cells that respond to damage and help to prevent cancer.

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