Sponges

Sponges

If you cut up 2 different sponges, disaggregate them (push them through a sieve), and mix the 2 cell slurries together, the sponge cells reassociate with their own cells but not with cells of the other species. This is being studied to understand tissue repair and transplant rejection.

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