cell signaling

Researchers are piecing together the chain of events that leads to preterm and full-term birth.

Histone acetylation levels keep intracellular pH in check.

Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs) regulate part of the signaling pathway that helps keep organs growing in proportion during development.

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During development, communication between organs determines their relative final size.

Probing cells with nanometer-scale electrodes

Vesicles released by melanoma cells stimulate pro-metastasis behaviors in bone marrow cells.

Principal Investigator, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Age: 44

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The tongue may be the epicenter of taste sensation, but taste receptors are scattered throughout the digestive and respiratory tracts.

Compounds we perceive as sweet or bitter in the mouth trigger similar receptors and signaling pathways elsewhere in the body, helping to regulate digestion, respiration, and other systems.

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