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February 20, 2014

Sean Morrison delivers UTSW President’s Lecture

Sean Morrison, Ph.D., Director of the Children’s Research Institute, discusses his internationally recognized research as part …

January 22, 2014

Nature: Stem cells – Sex specificity in the blood

Males and females exhibit differences not only in reproductive organs, but also in sexually dimorphic tissues …

January 22, 2014

Scientists find estrogen promotes blood-forming stem cell function

Scientists have known for years that stem cells in male and female sexual organs are regulated …

Regenerative Medicine

January 15, 2014

Sean Morrison reviews HSC niche research

The potential for understanding how the biological setting that sustains blood-forming stem cells is involved in …

November 27, 2013

Researchers unravel mystery of how leukemia-causing mutations enable pre-leukemic stem cells to outperform their healthy counterparts

Researchers at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), the University of California …

November 27, 2013

Nature: Stem cells – Dual response to Ras mutation

When a stem cell divides, it can either produce differentiated cells or self-renew to produce more …

November 11, 2013

Dallas Observer: UT Southwestern researcher identifies gene that tricks the body into healing like a fetus

Somewhere along the way, the purifying imperatives of evolution decided to dial back our bodies’ ability …

November 7, 2013

Nature: Fountain-of-youth gene unleashes healing power

Mice that had been genetically engineered to develop tumours failed to do so. Instead, the animals …

November 7, 2013

Cellular regeneration discoveries seek to turn back the body’s clock

Two groups of scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have …

October 24, 2013

CRI researcher identifies new lung cancer therapeutic targets

A group of researchers including Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Genetic and Metabolic Disease …

September 23, 2013

Q&A with Woo-Ping Ge, Ph.D.

Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has recruited a new faculty member, Woo-Ping Ge, Ph.D. …

September 19, 2013

Sean Morrison and Corbin Meacham evaluate implications of new cancer stem cell data

Previously published research has suggested that the properties of cancer stem cells can explain a variety …

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