Todd Castoe and Siddharth Gopalan from UT Arlington (IMAGE)
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To understand how these large snakes can regenerate their intestines without intestinal crypts, scientists from The University of Texas at Arlington, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Alabama sequenced the RNA genes of pythons. By learning more about this process in reptiles, researchers hope to better inform other scientists working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in humans, including diabetes, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and cancer.
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