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Engineering skin grafts for complex body parts

Engineering skin grafts for complex body parts

By Sharon Reynolds - NIH website Skin grafts are a vital treatment for burns and other extensive skin injuries. Since the 1980s, advances in bioengineering have allowed researchers to grow new patches of skin in the lab. Such engineered grafts are less traumatic for...

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An Inflammatory View of Early Alzheimer’s Disease

An Inflammatory View of Early Alzheimer’s Disease

by Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D. - NIH Director's Blog Detecting the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in middle-aged people and tracking its progression over time in research studies continue to be challenging. But it is easier to do in shorter-lived...

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5th Man Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

5th Man Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

By Ty Roush - Forbes A 53-year-old man from Germany has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant in 2014, according to findings published Monday in Nature Medicine, as researchers say he is the fifth to be cured of the virus—which affects more than 30...

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CAR T Cell-Like Therapy To Treat T Cell Leukemia (T-ALL)

CAR T Cell-Like Therapy To Treat T Cell Leukemia (T-ALL)

by William A. Haseltine - Forbes As part of our series in cellular therapy, we previously described how CAR T therapy for treatment of B cell leukemia achieved early success in the field. T cell leukemia, however, engages a different part of the immune system and...

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Scientists make key discovery in fighting brain diseases

Scientists make key discovery in fighting brain diseases

  Scientists have made a breakthrough that could make all the difference in helping treat and, one day, cure patients with neurodegenerative diseases. by Lindsey Theis - Scripps News Scientists have made a key discovery they think could be a crucial step in...

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Hitting Stem Cell and CAR T Targets

Hitting Stem Cell and CAR T Targets

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Receives Expanded Accreditation and Top Ranking for Patient Survival Rates by Christina Elston - Cedars Sinai Image: Illustration of CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T cell immunotherapy, a process...

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