Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, or JMML, is a rare and aggressive childhood blood cancer that mostly affects kids under ...

Spc. Christian Sutton and his team of nearly two dozen other young soldiers have signed up nearly 6,000 troops as potential bone marrow donors since March 2022. The effort by members of the Army's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells taken from bone marrow replenished the radiation-ravaged immune systems and bone marrow of mice and can also make brain and liver cells, scientists reported on Monday ...

At present, a bone marrow transplant is the only cure available for some people living with sickle cell disease. However, it is an intensive treatment that carries a number of risks. Sickle cell ...

Blood cancers such as leukemia are caused by genetic changes in the blood-forming stem cells of the bone marrow. Scientists at the University Medical Center Mainz have now shown how chronic ...

Q: My friend says his uncle is being treated for a disease where he has too much blood and he gets "bloodletting’" every other day, like in the Middle Ages. Is there really such a thing, or is he ...

Bone marrow edema is fluid buildup in bones, often due to injuries or conditions like arthritis, osteoporosis, or cancer. If you have sudden or ongoing bone pain without a known cause, see a ...