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Glass of milk.

Milk allergy could be treated with gradual exposure to baked milk

21 November 2021

Children who were gradually exposed to baked milk powder learned to tolerate higher doses in a small clinical trial
Cells of the thymus, a lymphoid organ

Children born without key immune cells saved with engineered organ

22 October 2021

Children who would normally have died because they lack an important immune organ can now survive thanks to a special thigh implant that produces immune cells

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