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Novel Microfluidic Method Optimizes Stem Cell Extraction for Advanced Cell Therapies

Traditional bone marrow aspirate (BMA) stem cell extraction methods are complex, time-consuming, and yield poor results due to antiquated centrifugation techniques.
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New Insights Into DNA Repair Pathway Implicated in Breast, Ovarian and Prostate Cancers Revealed

A lesser-known DNA repair pathway that is upregulated in breast, ovarian and prostate cancer has been pieced together and laid out step by step in a new paper.
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Improved Research Models for Parkinson’s Disease Created

Researchers developed an improved method to study Parkinson’s disease in the lab. Along the way, researchers also uncovered clues that may help scientists figure out how to detect Parkinson’s earlier and point the way toward better treatments.
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Inability of Macrophages To Penetrate Tumors Could Explain Cell Therapy Failures

Macrophages, a type of white blood cell that can destroy invading pathogens, have an innate ability to infiltrate tumor cells, making them a potentially important tool in treatments that use transplanted cells to fight disease, known as cell therapy.
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Daily Scheduled Exercise Helps To Sync Body Clock

Physical activities in the morning, associated with daily patterns of sleep/wake cycle, convey timing information from the light-sensitive central clock in the brain to the weight-bearing skeletal tissues.
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Printing Robots With Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique.
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3D-Printing Hair Follicles in Lab-Grown Skin

A team of scientists has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the first time researchers have used the technology to generate hair follicles, which play an important role in skin healing and function.
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Long-Term Alcohol Consumption Linked to Faster Biological Aging

Long-term alcohol consumption has been linked to faster biological aging, notably in middle-aged and older people, as measured by epigenetic aging clocks.
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HIV-1 Neutralization Tied to Viral Load Levels in Patients

An international team has for the first time researched the longevity of neutralizing antibodies in HIV-1-infected people. The findings improve understanding of the dynamics of such antibodies and are an important building block for further research.
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New Insights Into How Green Algae Count Cell Divisions

In an "unexpected" discovery, researchers found that single-celled green algae use a biased counting mechanism to control cell division.
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