Anatomy & Cell Biology

Earlier this year Sally Moody, PhD, chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and professor of anatomy and cell biology at SMHS, earned the unique opportunity to take part in an international course in developmental biology held in Chile.

A joint group of researchers at the George Washington University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that dopamine and the dopamine D2 receptor modulate expression via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. This pathway is responsible for control of cell proliferation and organ identity and…

GW Cancer Center researchers found that PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene mutated in approximately 20% of primary prostate cancers, and in as many as 50% of androgen deprivation-resistant prostate cancers, relies on another gene, ARID4B, to function. 

A research team led by Yanfen Hu, PhD, is studying the role of the tumor suppressor BRCA1 in the homologous recombination pathway of DNA double-strand break repair.

Researchers from the GW Institute for Neuroscience published a new study in Neuron, which provides the first evidence showing that individual nerve cells fail to make the right number of connections. The reason for this deficit is limited growth of key nerve cells in the cerebral cortex during…

Victoria Shanmugam, MD, published study on hidradenitis suppurativa in the journal Clinical and Experimental Dermatology.

First-year MD student Samuel Yeroushalmi received the 10th Annual Marilyn Koering Award for Excellence in Anatomy.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will have a presence at the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting, Feb. 14–17 in Washington, D.C.

Rosalyn Jurjus, MD, associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, spoke to NPR for a segment about the Human Cell Atlas.

Researchers at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will look for unknown genes associated with branchiootorenal spectrum disorders.