Stem Cells Banish Autoimmune Disease in Two Patients for 15 Years
Sourced from 3 publications
- •Two people treated with stem cells for a spinal cord and optic nerve autoimmune disease have remained disease-free for 15 years, per Nature.
- •A Nagoya University team found a brain enzyme that builds a sugar chain on itself, deactivates upon secretion, and reactivates outside the cell when the chain is removed.
- •Columbia University identified a switch governing emergency blood cell production, with implications for aging and blood cancer research.
- •The Technical University of Munich developed a lab-on-a-chip system enabling single-cell observation of immune cells attacking cancer cells.
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Stem cells banish severe autoimmune disease for 15 years
Nature
Brain enzyme caught doing something unexpected—it builds polysialic acid on itse...
Phys
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Medicalxpress
Lab-on-a-chip platform shows how immune cells attack cancer cells
Medicalxpress
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