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 ...

Scientists at Albany Medical College have been awarded $2 million to study a type of bone marrow failure. Aplastic Anemia is when stem cells in your bone marrow don’t make enough new blood cells. It ...

A bone marrow transplant, or stem cell transplant, places blood stem cells back into the body. The transplant replaces cells that cancer or treatments have destroyed. People may have a bone marrow ...

The University of Utah Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute and Primary Children's Hospital provides comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for patients ...

Northwell Health is embarking on a $19 million construction project to conduct adult bone marrow transplants at its 48-acre facility in Glen Oaks, Queens. The project, which includes refurbishing a ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Our bone marrow - the fatty, jelly-like substance inside our bones - is an unseen powerhouse quietly producing 500 billion new blood cells every day. That process is driven by hematopoietic stem cells ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers examine clinical glioblastoma and benign intracranial samples to determine the presence and function of immune cells in the ...

Our body's "blood factory" consists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types. Now, researchers have succeeded for the first time in recreating this ...

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 ...

Do you want to give the gift of life? Every day, lives are saved through organ and bone marrow donation – but the decision to become a donor is personal. Other WRAL Top Stories WRAL News spoke with ...