BRISTOL (UK), September 2019 — Intestinal epith,elial cells (IECs) are exposed to diverse types of environmental stresses such as bacteria and toxins, but the mechanisms by which epithelial cells sense stress are not well understood.
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LAUSANNE (CH), September 2019 — How do temporal variations in protein concentrations affect biology?

LOS ANGELES, CA (US), September 2019 — They've been called the "special forces" of the immune system: invariant natural killer T cells. Although there are relatively few of them in the body, they are more powerful than many other immune cells.
JOENSUU (FI), September 2019 — A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), impairs the function of human brain immune cells, microglia.

BALTIMORE, MD (US), September 2019 — Short bowel syndrome is a debilitating condition with few treatment options, and these treatments have limited efficacy. The ability to grow artificial intestine is a coveted goal with the potential to profoundly improve this outlook.
MIAMI, Sept. 23, 2019 - The American Academy of Stem Cell Physicians visited Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept.

COLUMBIA, MO (US), September 2019 — Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder that causes muscle loss and physical impairments.
RALEIGH, NC (US), September 2019 — In the future, you could be your very own fountain of youth — or at least your own skin repair reservoir.

LEUVEN (BE), September 2019 — Women and most female mammals have two X chromosomes, but only one of these is active in any given cell.

TORONTO (CA), September 2019 — Males are straightforward while females are complicated: This misguided view prompted the decades-long exclusion of female animals from research out of fear that their fluctuating hormone levels will muddle the data.