Just as beauty exists in the eye of the beholder, a signal depends upon the interpretation of the receiver. According to new USC research published in Stem Cell Reports, a protein called TAZ can convey very different signals—depending upon not only which variety of stem cell, but also which part of the stem cell receives…Continue Reading The protein TAZ sends “mixed signals” to stem cells
Month: August 2017
Biotech entrepreneur Min Zhou supports scientific serendipity in the Ying Lab
“The most important discoveries that I’ve made have all come from nowhere,” said Qi-Long Ying, associate professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at USC. “They could not be planned.” To foster this spirit of unexpected discovery, Chinese biotechnology entrepreneur Min Zhou has given an unrestricted gift of $500,000 to Ying’s lab, which studies…Continue Reading Biotech entrepreneur Min Zhou supports scientific serendipity in the Ying Lab