Scientists identify gene that regulates stem cell death and skin regeneration
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 15:50
in Biology & Nature
A collaboration between researchers in Hermann Steller's Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology and Elaine Fuchs's Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development has revealed a new function for a gene previously shown to prevent stem cells from turning cancerous. The gene, Sept4/ARTS, has now been shown to regulate programmed death in skin stem cells, a finding that may have implications for wound healing, regeneration and cancer. More »