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Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism is Redefining Human Identity Lise Barnéoud, transl. Bronwyn Haslam Greystone Books (2025)The chimaera of Greek…

Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who performed alongside Marc Almond in the influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died yesterday (October 22). The band’s publicist,…

Some types of T cells (pictured, artificially coloured) kill infected cells, but others help to suppress inflammation. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryThe class of immune cells…

Light micrograph of a mouse embryo. Scientists are developing mice with human cells.Credit: Arthur Chien/Science Photo LibraryResearchers have developed mice with organs containing human cells, using…

T cells (blue) attack a prostate cancer cell (pink) in this scanning electron micrograph image.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryA clinical trial using engineered immune cells to…

Healthy nerve cells can be transplanted to treat Parkinson’s disease, but they risk rejection by the recipient’s immune system.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryHuman brain cells engineered…