Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...

Single-cell transcriptomics data from mouse bone-relevant cells was used to inform human bone mineral density genome-wide association studies and prioritize genetic targets with potential causal roles ...

Severe aplastic anemia is a rare bone marrow disease which is characterized by insufficient red blood cell production. This life-threatening disease typically occurs with two peaks around 25 and 60 ...

A San Francisco mother says she and her husband will eventually decide if their 2-year-old or 4-year-old go first if and when there is a match for stem cell transplant.

In 1956, a child with leukemia received the first bone marrow transplant. This was performed by Nobel Prize winner Dr. E Donnall Thomas, who became known as the father of bone marrow transplantation ...

Bone marrow fills the cavities in your bones and produces blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight germs, and platelets help blood clot. Bone marrow disorders include ...

For Hai Trinh, his disease started gradually. Fatigue. Bruising easily. He thought little of it.As a mechanic, husband and ...

EMBL scientists discovered self-sustaining inflammatory circuits in the bone marrow stem cell microenvironment that precede blood cancers. The illustration shows cancer cells against a background of ...