growth factor

A peptide found in bull ant venom closely resembles a hormone of its primary predator, triggering hypersensitivity and making subsequent bites even more painful than the ones that came before.

A growth factor found in the cerebrospinal fluid of young mice triggered the proliferation of myelin-making cells when injected into the brains of older mice.

A study offers a new explanation for how exercise strengthens bones and the immune system.

Watch Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini tell the story of how she continued her transformative cell biology research as World War II raged.

Neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini began her Nobel Prize–winning work in a makeshift laboratory in Italy during the Second World War.

A growth factor treatment helps improve cardiac functioning after heart attack in pigs.

Normal hair growth can lead to infection during cancer treatment.

Intact growth hormone signaling pathways are needed for methionine restriction to extend mouse lifespan.

Increased collagen expression is a common feature of many different pathways to extended longevity in worms.

Researchers pinpoint a gene enhancer that contributes to blond locks in humans.

In the long-fought battle against baldness, researchers are finally identifying molecular pathways that can be manipulated to generate new hair follicles.

The award ceremony will take place in Toronto on October 23; the winners will divide the foundation's largess, which totals $220,000 Canadian.

All the winners have published work that has been highly cited by their peers.