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Scientists discover how hair cells can help heal skin faster

Scientists discover how hair cells can help heal skin faster

By Rockefeller University - ScienceDaily Scientists found that low serine levels spark a shift in hair stem cells, transforming them into wound-healing experts — with diet playing a possible role. Rockefeller scientists uncovered how hair follicle stem cells can...

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Stem Cells Prevent Heart Failure After Heart Attack

Stem Cells Prevent Heart Failure After Heart Attack

By American Medical Journal - A NEW phase 3 clinical trial has revealed that stem cells can help prevent heart failure in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction. The study found that intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells significantly reduced...

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We need to start thinking of AI as “normal”

We need to start thinking of AI as “normal”

By James O'Donnell - MIT Technology Review - As technologists frame AI as either utopian or dystopian, two researchers offer a third option. Right now, despite its ubiquity, AI is seen as anything but a normal technology. There is talk of AI systems that will soon...

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Stanford makes stem cell transplants safer without chemo

Stanford makes stem cell transplants safer without chemo

By Stanford Medicine -  ScienceDaiiy - A Stanford-led team has replaced toxic pre-transplant chemotherapy with a targeted antibody, allowing children with Fanconi anemia to receive stem cell transplants safely. The antibody, briquilimab, removes diseased stem cells...

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Salamanders can regrow limbs. Could humans someday?

Salamanders can regrow limbs. Could humans someday?

by Kermit Pattison –  Harvard Gazette – Findings on adrenaline’s role in process raise new possibilities for regenerative medicine Biologists long have been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have solved part of...

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