Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Decoding the genome of a single cell could reveal previously overlooked levels of genetic variation.
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Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
A new initiative lead by the UK’s National Health Service aims to sequence the genomes of as many as 100,000 patients, a project that will cost £100 million.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
A Chinese biotech company is angling to buy California-based Complete Genomics, but federal regulators are expressing security concerns and may scuttle the deal.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.