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A Jacobs School researcher is focused on learning more about how tight junctions form naturally — and how their breakdown can lead to disease.

Scientists from King's College London have successfully applied a new technology that disarms one of the most potent weapons ...

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Cancer immunotherapy, especially using T cells, is showing a lot of promise in treating blood cancers. Bioengineered T cells, ...

Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilize it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This ...