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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Timing of stress-hormone pulses controls weight gain
New research provides the first molecular understanding of why people gain weight due to chronic stress, disrupted circadian rhythms and
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New insight about how viruses use host proteins to their advantage
Viruses have a very limited set of genes and therefore must use the cellular machineries of their hosts for most
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