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Fasting For Just 24 Hours Boosts The Regeneration of Stem Cells, Study Finds – ScienceAlert

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2018-05-07 NEWS

Big Think (blog)

Fasting For Just 24 Hours Boosts The Regeneration of Stem Cells, Study Finds
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In the study, that conversion didn’t just mean cells use up fat as an energy source instead of carbohydrates. Making the switch also enhanced their functioning. Intestinal stem cells, which the researchers describe as the “workhorses of the intestine
MIT study: 24-hour fasting regenerates stem cells, doubles metabolismBig Think (blog)

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2018-05-07 NEWS

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FDA Grants Priority Review To Genentech’s Cancer Immunotherapy TECENTRIQ
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(RTTNews.com) – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group ( RHHBY ), said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application or sBLA and granted Priority Review for TECENTRIQ or atezolizumab
FDA Grants Priority Review to Genentech’s Cancer Immunotherapy TECENTRIQ (Atezolizumab) for Initial Treatment of …Business Wire (press release)
Roche’s Tecentriq combination to get speedy FDA reviewReuters

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Chemical & Engineering News

Controlling CAR-T: How scientists plan to make the engineered T cell therapy safer, and work for more cancers
Chemical & Engineering News
CAR T-cell therapy, a treatment that reprograms a person’s immune cells to attack cancer,works wonders for some people with rare blood cancers. But the highly personalized medicine also comes with risks: It can be extremely toxic and, in certain cases