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Light can trigger key signaling pathway for embryonic development, cancer

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Contributed photo | illinois.edu

Contributed photo | illinois.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign issued the following announcement on Aug. 17

     Blue light is illuminating new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance and cancer genesis.

Illinois researchers developed a method that makes membrane-bound receptors reactive to light, triggering the Wnt pathway.

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