One of the most frustrating and debilitating complications of diabetes is the development of wounds on the foot or lower
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Protein can slow intestinal tumor growth
A new mechanism for regulating stem cells in the intestine of fruit flies has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm
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T cell antigen receptors act alone: Longstanding immunological mystery solved
They protect us from the onslaught of bacteria and viruses and also from cancer: T cells are an indispensable part
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Bad antibodies made good: The immune system’s secret weapon uncovered: Scientists find a new form of immunity
The ‘bad apples’ of the immune system are also its secret weapon, according to major Australian research published today in
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It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Stem cells have the ability to develop, or differentiate, into the many different cell types in the body. They also
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Risk of type 1 diabetes climbs when one population of T cells falls: Study in mice links protective immune cells that form outside the thymus with autoimmune diabetes — and suggests that gut microbes affecting this cell population may protect against disease
In autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, some of the immune system’s T cells mistakenly attack the body’s own
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