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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Spicy stem cell pathways & other recommended reads

xloma.fota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader

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The stem cell paper of the week is a fun one about how capsaicin and nociceptors reportedly mobilize blood stem cells.  However, since the authors only show this in mice, could it also happen in humans? They argue it's likely happening in people too. Note that nociceptors are special structures in our bodies that sense pain, not just from spicy food but also from other sources. Where to even start of think about the big take-home message? "Spic y food sparks stem cells" or "stem ...Read More

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