Department of Genetics and Development

Broadening our Understanding of the Genetic Control of Development and Physiology

Revealing the Role of Stem Cells in Gut Regeneration

October 29, 2019

2019 Research Highlights with Kelley Yan, MD, PhD
These Secret Battles Between Your Body’s Cells Might Just Save Your Life

Source:

Nature

October 15, 2019

To fight cancer and ageing, biologists are looking at how cells evict, kill or cannibalize less-fit rivals.
Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger

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Science Magazine

September 12, 2019

A protein released from bone is involved in triggering the body’s reaction to stress
Anxiety, 'Fight or Flight' Response: Humans Really Do Feel Fear in Their Bones, Study Finds

Source:

Newsweek

September 14, 2019

Gerard Karsenty, a geneticist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, is one of the scientists behind this decades-long exploration of fight-or-flight

A History of the Department of Genetics and Development