Memory beyond immunity

Xing Dai () and Ruslan Medzhitov ()
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Xing Dai: School of Medicine, University of California
Ruslan Medzhitov: Yale University Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Nature, 2017, vol. 550, issue 7677, 460-461

Abstract: Epithelial stem cells maintain the skin's epidermis and promote wound healing in response to injury. Scientists from two fields discuss implications of the discovery that these stem cells harbour a memory of previous injuries, which enables skin to respond rapidly to subsequent assaults. See Article p.475

Date: 2017
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