Ben Stanger, MD, Ph.D. is a practicing Gastroenterologist at Penn Medicine. He is also the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research and professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2023
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Protein phosphorylation is a major posttranslational modification carried out by protein kinases that constitute an integral part of complex signaling networks in eukaryotes. Casein kinase 1 (CK1) is a conserved serine/threonine ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2023
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A new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most important stage of early embryonic development.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2023
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In order to keep track of their environment, cells use cilia, antenna-like structures that can sense a variety of stimuli, including the flow of fluids outside the cell. Genetic defects that cause cilia to malfunction and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2023
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Researchers led by Prof. Gan Haiyun from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have documented the parental histones inheritance safeguard mechanism, in which parental ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2023
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Case Western Reserve University biochemical researchers have identified a new function of a key protein that leads to cancer—a finding they believe could lead to more effective treatments for a range of cancers and other ...
Biochemistry
Aug 31, 2023
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Cells change dynamically over time during embryonic development and aging, and in diseases such as inflammation and cancer. Some populations expand, others decline. The ability to track these changes over time, without killing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2023
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A Purdue University research team has revealed complex new details about the function of a key protein shared by mammals, including humans. Many cancers result when this DNA methyltransferase protein goes awry.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2023
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The role of the human yolk sac in supporting early embryonic development and the first wave of the prenatal immune system has been mapped in a study published today (17 August) in Science.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 18, 2023
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Chemotherapy and radiotherapy aim to destroy cancer cells by inducing DNA double-strand breaks—damage that, once inflicted, usually causes the cells to die. But damage to a cell's genetic material also activates a signaling ...
Biochemistry
Jul 27, 2023
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