Charlotte Cowan MD Honored by Obama Administration for Innovative 'Doctor Hippo' Series of Children's Books

...Dr. Charlotte Cowan, creator and author of the Dr. hippo Series of Children's Books, has been selected by t...o a kindly pediatrician and protagonist in her Dr. hippo Series of children's picture books. Each of Dr. C...rates my goal of using children's stories, the Dr. hippo Series, to get health education out of the pediatr...

Controlling for size may also prevent cancer

...rturbed. This chain reaction, a domino-like chain of events we call the hippo pathway, adds a single chemical group on a protein nicknamed Yap, says lead...p might also stop cancer cells from growing, says Pan, and manipulating the hippo pathway could provide a way to grow organs to a pre-determined size for tra...

hippo in Biological News

New molecular insight into vertebrate brain development

...ical Studies) and colleagues reveal a role for the hippo signaling pathway in the regulation of vertebrate ...cells into various specialized cell types. The hippo pathway is an ancient conserved signaling cascade ...and mouse. Previous research has demonstrated that hippo signaling serves as a brake on cell growth and pro...

Controlling for size may also prevent cancer

...rturbed. This chain reaction, a domino-like chain of events we call the hippo pathway, adds a single chemical group on a protein nicknamed Yap, says lead...p might also stop cancer cells from growing, says Pan, and manipulating the hippo pathway could provide a way to grow organs to a pre-determined size for tra...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...buffalo and 2,800 ostrich. Also observed were lion, leopard, eland, Grant’s gazelle, roan antelope, lesser kudu, hartebeest, giraffe, oryx, crocodile, hippo and other animals in viable populations. Fay and his colleagues also discovered populations of beisa oryx, thought to be extinct in the region, a...

A switch between life and death

...antam produced by the cell directly depends on the amount of traffic on the hippo signaling pathway, and higher levels of bantam prompt more cell division. ...bantam docks onto to control. This will provide a more complete view of the hippo pathway and may provide insights into the central role it plays in tissue g...