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Contact: Amanda Harper
amanda.harper@uc.edu
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University of Cincinnati
Caption: Dorothy Supp, PhD, has developed a modified skin cell that may help protect cultured skin substitutes from infection. Here, cells that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a protein known as human beta defensin 4 are shown in green.
Credit: University of Cincinnati and Shriners Hospitals for Children
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