Medical Xpress

Blood stem cell metabolism tracked through aging and cancer development

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and ETH Zurich have created the first integrated map detailing the metabolic and molecular changes in human blood ...
Medical Xpress

Chronic inflammation in bone marrow linked to early blood cancer development

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 ...
Nature

Single-cell atlas of human liver and blood immune cells across fatty liver disease stages reveals distinct signatures linked to liver dysfunction and fibrogenesis

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASLD/MASH) is the most common liver disease worldwide 1 and its incidence continues to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Created Structures That Produced Blood Cells in the Lab—With a Process That Mimics Real Human Embryos

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...
AOL

Major breakthrough unlocks scalable artificial blood production

If CXCR4 is removed from the cells, red blood cell development stops at subsequent stages, and bone marrow production drops severely. That loss helps to confirm just how important the CXCL12-CXCR4 ...