A research team has discovered a mechanism in which blood stem cells respond to acute, severe anemia, through lipoprotein metabolism modification. It has been known how immediate erythroid precursors ...

A new study has shed light on the challenges of converting one type of specialized cell into another, a process critical for ...

It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease.

You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?

Biomaterials are revolutionizing organoid development by offering tunable platforms that provide instructive cues, which enhance cell fate transitions, tissue-level functions and reproducibility.

RNA vaccines have gained widespread attention for their crucial role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, even before the ...

First clinical data of VO659 demonstrated 28% mean reduction in CSF mutant HTT at day 85 in HD patients in 40 mg dose cohort with an effect after the first dose No sustained ...

Huanzhong Wang, professor of plant molecular biology at UConn, wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and ...

There's new hope for people with sickle cell disease which affects mainly African Americans. It's gene therapy research at ...

Macrophages are important cellular reservoirs of chikungunya virus (CHIKV), but the viral and host determinants that ...

Late-breaking data at WCLC show Libtayo monotherapy nearly doubled median overall survival and reduced the risks of death and disease progression ...

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have identified key changes to both chromosome ...