Pathways: The Regeneration Issue

Cover of Pathways student magazine. NIGMS and Scholastic, Inc., are excited to bring you the next edition of Pathways, a collection of free resources that teaches students about basic science, its importance to human health, and exciting research careers. Pathways is designed for grades 6 through 12. The topic of this unit is regenerative medicine, a field that focuses on restoring or healing damaged body parts so that they function normally. The long-term goal is to stimulate tissue and organs to heal themselves. You’ll find information on: How studying creatures that regenerate tissue may help treat human diseaseDifferent jobs for researchers in a labNIGMS scientists who study regeneration and the discoveries they’re unlocking How to write a research question and develop a hypothesis Featured in This Issue: Thomas Lozito, assistant professor at the University of Southern California Celina Juliano, assistant professor at the University of California, Davis Voot P. Vin, director of scientific services at MDI Biological Laboratory Lamont R. Jones, department vice chair at Henry Ford Health System Mansi Srivastava, assistant professor at Harvard University Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, scientific director at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research Pathways [PDF, 3.23MB]  was distributed to teachers as a special insert in the October issue of Scholastic’s Science World magazine, and anyone can access ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Category: Research Authors: Tags: Being a Scientist Regeneration Source Type: blogs