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They may recommend physical exams, imaging tests, or lab work to rule out other issues, such as arthritis, muscle strain, or an unrelated medical condition
Now the second challenge begins: keeping it that way
The NIHR Be Part of Research platform (bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk) and the ClinicalTrials.gov database list ongoing studies, and some UK sites may be participating in the TRIUMPH programme
Work by Goldstein and colleagues, who first characterised the thymosin family of peptides, established thymosin beta-4 as a major actin-sequestering protein with roles in wound healing and anti-inflammatory signalling
Concise review: two negative feedback loops place mesenchymal stem/stromal cells at the center of early regulators of inflammation