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Infusion of Stem Cells Improves Sepsis Outcomes in Mice

A new study by researchers suggests that infusion of new, healthy hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from the bone marrow could improve sepsis outcomes in a mouse model.
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How Fat Cells in the Skin Help Fight Acne

A study suggests that skin cells play a larger role in the development of a pimple than hair follicles.
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DNA Strands Used To Create Tuneable, Elastic and Temperature-Sensitive Gel

Scientists have produced a polymer-DNA gel that could be used in tissue regeneration and robotics.
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Using Personalized Organoids To Model Spinal Cancer

Dr. Alice Soragni and colleagues at UCLA are using organoids to study diseases and possible treatments. In their latest study, the team developed clinically-relevant, personalized models to find therapeutics for chordoma, a rare bone cancer.
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Bypassing Pancreatic Tumors’ Defensive Barrier

Researchers have discovered that cancer cells can weave a deactivating signal into a protective coat of armor that excludes T cells that would otherwise kill them.
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Potential Target for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

Investigators have uncovered a new pathway that helps explain how consuming too much alcohol causes damage to the liver.
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Blood Group of Donor Lungs Converted in Quest for Universal Organs

Researchers have converted the blood group of donor lungs in a step towards creating universal organs.
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Mitosis in Microalgae Revealed in Detail for the First Time

Until now, little was known about how cell division occurs in algae. Researchers have captured the very first high-resolution three-dimensional images of cell division in live cells of the microalga Volvox carteri, and have identified new cellular structures involved in the process.
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Third HIV Patient in Remission Following Stem Cell Transplant

A HIV patient who received a cord blood stem cell transplant to treat leukemia has been reported to have had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months.
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New Insights Into Acorn Worm Regeneration

Researchers have found that a worm-like marine organism capable of regenerating its entire head or body draws on reprogramming-based mechanisms that help somatic cells in higher-order animals branch out into complete body parts.
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