Every second, an adult generates around five million new blood cells to replace aging or dying ones, making the blood system a highly regenerative organ.

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 ...

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells. Normal plasma cells are found in the bone marrow (the soft, inner parts of certain bones where new blood cells are made). They are an important part of ...

Additionally, hypothyroidism suppresses bone marrow activity, reducing erythropoiesis, which can result in non-regenerative anemia. Thyroid hormones stimulate the proliferation of erythroid progenitor ...

Aplastic anaemia is a rare but serious blood disorder in which the bone marrow fails to produce enough blood cells—red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. This condition can lead to ...

Dr. Derek Loneman: Examination of the bone marrow–biopsy specimen (Figure 3) revealed an age-adjusted hypercellular marrow with an atypical infiltrate of medium-sized cells with round-to-oval ...

A bone marrow transplant process is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial completed at about 20 cancer centers. A bone marrow transplant process co ...

A novel reduced-intensity haploidentical bone marrow transplant has shown high success in curing sickle cell disease in adults, with 95% survival and 88% cure rates two years post-transplant.

Trial at @hopkinskimmel and other centrs finds reduced-intensity haploidentical bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease. › A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at ...

The heartbreaking journey of Baby Arianna has ended in tragedy, leaving her mother, Teresa Ndung’u, and the community in mourning Despite desperate fundraising efforts for a life-saving bone marrow ...