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6 days ago

Daily briefing: A polo-team's worth of cloned CRISPR horses

CRISPR-edited cloned polo horses spark controversy while air pollution links to Lewy body dementia and a new fat-resident immune cell contributes to inflammageing in mice.
fromNature
1 week ago

Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age

When injuries or infections occur, the immune system mounts a protective response by releasing cells and proteins to affected tissues. This complex cascade is called inflammation. But as we age, inflammation gradually increases and becomes persistent instead of being a state that occurs only when things go wrong. Among the cells that that help to regulate this inflammageing are a variety of macrophages - white blood cells that hoover up pathogens and cellular debris - that reside in fat tissue.
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