Publications by authors named "Shany K Barkan"
Stem cells are the foundation for cell therapy due to their ability to self-renew, differentiate into other cell types, and persist throughout the life of an organism. Stem cell isolation and transplantation have not yet been established in Hexacorallia, a cnidarian subclass containing stony corals and sea anemones. Here, we demonstrate that candidate stem cells in the hexacorallian Nematostella vectensis can be transplanted into adult animals.
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- Climate change is causing more coral bleaching due to heat stress, and this involves immune genes that respond to that stress.
- Researchers studied two types of sea anemones to see how heat affects their immune functions, specifically looking at immune cell activity and its relation to the presence of algal symbionts.
- Their findings suggest that the immune response to heat stress is a fundamental reaction that occurs regardless of whether bleaching is happening, which helps in understanding coral immunity better.