Ep.15: Melanoma and Zebrafish Featuring Dr. Leonard Zon

Guest:

In this episode, we bring on an internationally recognized stem cell and cancer researcher Dr. Leonard Zon from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hosital. Dr. Zon talks to us about his work using zebrafish as a model to study cancer and melanoma and tells some really funny stories on his experiences with these fish.

Resources and Links

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Genetic Modification and Screening in Rat Using Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells

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Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA-Mediated Conformational Activation

Environmental and State-Level Regulatory Factors Affect the Incidence of Autism and Intellectual Disability

Respiratory Failure, Cleft Palate and Epilepsy in the Mouse Model of Human Xq22.1 Deletion Syndrome

CDC Warns Untreatable Gonorrhea Could Spread Like Wildfire

In Rare Case, Woman with H.I.V. Infects Female Sex Partner, C.D.C. Says

Obesity-Associated Variants within FTO Form Long-Range Functional Connections with IRX3

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Human C-Tactile Afferents Are Tuned to the Temperature of a Skin-Stroking Caress

Shorter Telomeres with High Telomerase Activity are Associated with Raised Allostatic Load and Impoverished Psychosocial Resources

Biomarkers Could Predict Alzheimer’s Before It Starts

Confusions About Totipotency: Stem Cells Are Not Embryos

Mechanical Memory and Dosing Influence Stem Cell Fate

Cell-Autonomous Correction of Ring Chromosomes in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

C9orf72 Nucleotide Repeat Structures Initiate Molecular Cascades of Disease

Haematopoietic Stem Cells Require a Highly Regulated Protein Synthesis Rate

High-Efficiency Motor Neuron Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and the Function Ofislet-1

Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Leonard Zon