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A harbor seal's skin disease was cured after 8 months of treatment.
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The reviewers found the manuscript on inflammation's role in cancer stem cells to be relevant but suggested it needs clarity, more background information, discussion on immune cells' role in tumors, updated references, and grammar corrections.
The reviewers suggest clarifying the abstract, adding background on inflammation's effect on stem cells and cancer, discussing immune cells' role in tumors, and considering inflammation's potential to reduce cancer growth.
The revised study on how inflammation affects cancer stem cells was accepted after improving clarity and structure.
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Melatonin may improve hair growth by affecting certain cell signaling pathways.
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A natural compound called VB-1 can help promote hair growth by boosting a specific cell signal in human skin cells.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” CREB, a protein that can promote cancer traits, is controlled by β-catenin in skin cancer cells.
The review suggested the study needed to clarify its purpose, compare with non-immortalized cells, and provide more details on methods.