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August 14, 2006
Valerie Horsley, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '04-'07) discovered a new population of stem cells in the skin, shedding light on how stem cells control cell growth. Her findings, reported in the journal Cell, have implications for certain kinds of skin cancers and other disorders like acne.