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Peacekeeper cells protect the body from autoimmunity during infection

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens…

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Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments…

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Researchers develop method to identify dormant cells that carry HIV

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),…

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New microscope can image, at once, the full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells

Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes, and sometimes two instruments, ingeniously recombined, can accomplish feats that…

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Disruption of a single amino acid in a cellular protein makes breast cancer cells behave like stem cells

Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumour growth by increasing cancer stemness in an…

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Artificial intelligence in biomedicine: A key to analyzing millions of individual cells

In recent years, researchers have made considerable progress with single-cell technology. This makes it possible to investigate tissue on the…

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T cells rise up to fight infections in the gut

Your gut is a battleground. The cells that line your small intestine have to balance two seemingly contradictory jobs: absorbing…

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Light, flexible and radiation-resistant: Organic solar cells for space

Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for…

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Microscopic discovery in cancer cells could have a big impact

In 2022 alone, over 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and nearly 10 million died from the disease, according…

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Brain cells remain healthy after a month on the International Space Station, but mature faster than brain cells on Earth

Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cognition, but little is known about its specific…

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