Megan Dailey and Elizabeth Davis, University of Illinois (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Megan Dailey and Elizabeth Davis, University of Illinois

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Megan Dailey (left) and Elizabeth Davis (right), both from the University of Illinois' animal sciences department, have discovered that the autonomic nervous system exerts direct control over stem cell proliferation in the intestinal epithelium of mice.

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Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois

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