Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An ...

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Cysteine is a semi-essential amino acid that plays a vital role in the body’s detoxification processes. It is a precursor to glutathione, one of the body’s most potent antioxidants. Glutathione is ...

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China Hubei Longzhong Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology ...

Without this process, minor injuries could cause uncontrolled bleeding. Blood clots are made up of two elements: platelets and fibrin. Platelets are cells produced in the bone marrow that travel ...

When the early myeloid cell matures normally, it will become either a mature white blood cell, red blood cell, or platelet ... crowd out all normal myeloid precursor cells. You have three main ...

They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue that make red blood cells, as well as megakaryocytes, which produce the platelets that form blood clots. The findings appear Feb. 27 ...

Thrombocytopenia, which is a low platelet count, can be caused by problems in the bone marrow or the immune system. The bone marrow may not make enough platelets, or the immune system may destroy ...