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January 8, 2023

Study reveals previously unknown function of immune cells

Certain T cells can secrete cytokines that are normally part of the innate immune system, as researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) and an international research team discovered. They have thus revealed several previously unknown properties of these immune cells that are relevant […]
January 8, 2023

Telling Left From Right: Cilia as Cellular Force Sensors During Embryogenesis

Although the human body is externally symmetric across the left-right axis, there are remarkable left-right asymmetries in the shape and positioning of most internal organs including the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, and brain. Left-right asymmetry is known to be established during early embryogenesis by a small cluster of cells termed […]
December 14, 2022

Can fingerprints be used as predictors of schizophrenia?

A recent research looked for the possibility of using fingerprints as predictors of schizophrenia. The idea of using fingerprint analysis to determine the risk of schizophrenia is relatively new. The first studies in this field were conducted a few decades ago. However, the research attempts to find connections between fingerprints […]