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Stem cell memories may drive wound repair—and chronic disease
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Stem cell memories may drive wound repair—and chronic disease

A trifling paper cut is a site of frenzied activity. Within it, a squad of epidermal stem cells briskly regenerate to patch up the wound. A closer inspection of this war-torn swath of epidermis will reveal that, while some of the stem cells are native to the area, others are newcomers—former hair-producing stem cells that,...