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Mayo Clinic researchers are using stem cells from a patient’s FAT tissue to prevent inflammation and narrowing of vascular shunts used for hemodialysis. (Mayo Clinic News Network)

(Rochester, MN) Mayo Clinic researchers have addressed the narrowing of vascular shunts in patients with end-stage kidney disease by transplanting stem cells from the patient’s own fat tissue, which helped...
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Adipose tissue, otherwise known as fat, has the highest concentration of mesenchymal stem cells in the body. These stem cells produce and secrete extracellular vesicles. Collectively these are called the secretome. (sciencedirect.com)

(Palo Alto, CA) Stanford researchers have collaborated with scientists in Spain to program adipose (fat) stem cells to produce unique secretomes which focus on specific biological processes....
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