While research has uncovered many details about how blood cells function within bone marrow, the work of other cells existing in that space remained a relative mystery. Now, researchers from the ...

UCLA researchers have made strides in developing a stem cell gene therapy for alpha thalassemia major, a severe, inherited ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, "a time to bring attention to the challenges faced by people living with sickle cell disease and the lifesaving role of blood donors in their care," ...

Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all the secrets of life. "And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way ...

Myeloblasts are precursors to specific types of white blood cells that help your body fight infections. Too many myeloblasts may be a sign of a blood cancer like leukemia. Myeloblasts, or blast cells, ...

Thanks to efforts from doctors, researchers, health care providers and nonprofits such as Blood Cancer United, certain types of blood cancers are not the terminal diagnoses that these were decades ago ...

Sickle cell disease advocates in East Texas say raising awareness and expanding education are critical steps toward improving ...

When adults became angry after remembering past experiences, the function of cells lining the blood vessels was negatively impaired, which may restrict blood flow. Previous research has found that ...