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These microscopic images show gene expression in muscle stem and progenitor cells as they mature from early development to adulthood (left to right). As part of this process, the cells switch from actively expressing one key gene (green) to another (violet); this is accompanied by the growth of muscle fibers (red).
Leia Nghiemphu, the study’s co-author, and Dr. Frank Pajonk, the senior author.
(From left) Dr. Steven Jonas, Jason Belling and Paul Weiss of UCLA
Leanne Jones (right) and first author Sophia Lewis
Headshot of Owen Witte in a black suit
Normal airway tissue, left, and lung cancer tissue, right, with an overabundance of basal stem cells (green). The activated form of beta-catenin (red) in the lung cancer can be targeted by the Wnt Inhibitor Compound 1.