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Cellular Railroads Guide Healing in the Human Body


Researchers discovered that specific cells in the human body travel in trains or clusters to repair tissues, guided by a feature called polarity. Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks. The cells navigate through complex environme

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