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Sarcomere dynamic instability and stochastic heterogeneity drive robust cardiomyocyte contraction.

Haertter D; Hauke L; Driehorst T; Nishi K; Zimmermann WH; Schmidt CF

Scientists found that heart muscle cells, which help the heart beat, work in unexpected and random ways. They used special tools to study these cells and saw that on harder surfaces, they didn't work as well together, but each tiny part still moved on its own. This randomness helps the heart cells adjust and not get hurt.

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Clonal stochasticity in early NK cell response to mouse cytomegalovirus is generated by mature subsets of varying proliferative ability.

Wethington D; Ahmad S; Potempa M; Giuliani G; Aguilar OA; Poudel M; Grassmann S; Stewart WC; Adams NM; Sun JC; Lanier LL; Das J

Scientists studied natural killer (NK) cells during an infection in mice. They found that NK cells can grow and remember the infection, just like other important immune cells. The study also looked at how these cells multiply and die, learning that NK cells grow more during infection, which helps us understand how they change and react when fighting viruses.

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