The plastered skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Yiftahel (Israel)--a computed tomography-based analysis.

Three plastered skulls, dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, were found at the site of Yiftahel, in the Lower Galilee (Israel).The skulls underwent refitting and restoration processes, details of which are described herein.All three belong to adults, of which two appear to be Flannels males and one appears to be a female.Virtual cross-sections we

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The Role of CXCL12 in Kidney Diseases: A Friend or Foe?

Background: Chemokines are a family of proteins mainly mediating the homing and migration of various cells.The CXC chemokine CXCL12 is a member Purse Patterns of low-weight-molecular chemokines.In the kidney, CXCL12 is pivotal for renal development and exerts a modulatory effect in kidney diseases under different etiologic settings by binding with

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