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Signaling pathway could help heal lungs and pancreas

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Researchers have discovered that a specific signaling pathway can regenerate damaged tissue in the airways and pancreas of mice. The findings could hold promise for those with respiratory illnesses and metabolic syndrome.
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‘It’s an audacious human endeavor’

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Stanford physicist Lauren Tompkins is trying to solve the mysteries of the universe with subatomic particles. Such work requires teams of thousands that collaborate across the world.