#explant — Public Fediverse posts
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The researchers wanted to test the effects of #CCR5 blockade, which is a way of blocking the CCR5 receptor on cells, using a drug called maraviroc. They used human #tumor @explantmodel s, which are samples of #tissue from advanced #CRC patients with #liver metastases. Maraviroc led to morphologically overt tumor @celldeath in the #explant s, which means that the tumor cells died and changed in appearance.
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My Editor's Choice in #Science (@sciencemagazine) this week highlights work in the Journal of Clinical Investigation by Johanna Strobl, Georg Stary, & colleagues. The authors describe the effects of #tick bites on the #ImmuneSystem & develop an ex vivo #human #skin #explant model of #LymeDisease!
Editor's Choice : https://bit.ly/EC221118
Article: https://bit.ly/3USYkbR