The organ, which sits at the base of the brain and secretes hormones that regulate various bodily functions, had long been suspected as a source of stem cells, but this study represents the first time the hard-to-spot cells have been found there. Neuroscientist Grigori Enikolopov, an associate professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and his colleagues genetically engineered mice so that a certain gene expression, associated with neural stem cells, glowed green under ultraviolet light; almost 100 research teams worldwide have used these special mice to help locate adult stem cells in ... Read More