Researchers at MIT have developed a noninvasive medical monitoring device powerful enough to detect single cells within blood ...

As we age, blood stem cells, the essential source of new blood cells in the body, can accumulate genetic mutations. These mutations can give the cells a growth advantage, laying the foundation for ...

A: The term “cord blood” refers to the fetal blood that remains in the placenta and the umbilical cord after a baby has been delivered. It is rich in stem cells, which are undifferentiated ...

We would like to know how that works and if there are already uses for cord blood. Can it help with Type 1 diabetes? The stem cells contained in umbilical cord blood are known as hematopoietic ...

In general, CH mutations perturb blood-cell production, leading to an increase in number (expansion) of certain cell types. In some cases, cells undergo transformations that give rise to a blood ...

A nationwide team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of ...

In 2021, Anne-Marie Rodriguez, a cell biologist at Sorbonne University in Paris, and her colleagues found that platelets isolated from human blood shuttled their mitochondria to stem cells when ...

The condition occurs when the body doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells (RBCs) to carry oxygen efficiently, leading to fatigue, weakness, and other health complications. Iron deficiency ...

Dear Reader: The term “cord blood” refers to the fetal blood that remains in the placenta and the umbilical cord after a baby has been delivered. It is rich in stem cells, which are ...

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Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...