For decades, the immortal line of cells known as HeLa cells has been a crucial tool for researchers. But the…
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Why painful memories linger
Memories of traumatic events can be hard to shake, and now scientists say they understand why. Studies on laboratory rats…
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A novel spray-on skin treatment consisting of living cells made by Smith & Nephew, which is designed to work with…
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Scientists have used a genome-editing technique to cure mice of an inherited liver disease, raising the prospect that similar clinical…
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