Gut feeling and science
Mapping, engineering and transplanting the small intestine
Call it a gut feeling: when Hans Clevers' research revealed an important communication system between cells -the wnt signalling system- he decided to focus his research on the organ that renews itself fastest: our small intestine. While studying how the tissue of a healthy gut renews itself, they also found out how bowel cancer evolves.
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