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    Diabetes Distresses Bone Marrow Stem Cells By Damaging Their Microenvironment

    New research has shown the presence of a disease affecting small blood vessels, known as microangiopathy, in the bone marrow of diabetic patients. While it is well known that microangiopathy is the cause of renal damage, blindness and heart attacks in patients with diabetes, this is the first...
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    Altering Tumor Microenvironment Shown To Boost Response To Cancer Drugs During Live I

    It should be possible to significantly improve the response of common cancers to existing "classical" chemotherapy drugs, say scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), by introducing agents that alter the interaction of cancer cells with their immediate surroundings, called the tumor...
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