B cells temporarily regain stem-like flexibility, increasing risk of lymphoma formation

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...
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B cells transiently unlock their plasticity, risking lymphoma development

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...
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Cellular purging process may help injured cells revert to stem cell-like state more rapidly

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified ...
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Treatment could keep steeplechaser one jump ahead of early retirement Vet uses stem cell process to help injured racehorse

A STEEPLECHASER whose career was threatened by a leg injury has become the first horse in Scotland to benefit from a revolutionary treatment using its own bone marrow. Owen, a seven-year-old based in ...