Blood samples taken from patients after surgery might reveal who is destined for a quick rebound, Stanford University researchers report in the Sept. 24 Science Translational Medicine. A comparison of 32 people, with an average age of 60, recovering from a hip replacement found that an immune-cell “signature” might predict a patient’s recovery course.
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