Hematology
| 10+ min read
Alpha thalassemia was once a fatal diagnosis. Now, a clinical trial tests if administering a mother’s stem cells in utero may cure kids before they’re born.
Understanding how the heart initially responds to exercise can provide clues into the biological basis of various cardioprotective mechanisms.
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An innovative device decentralizes blood collection and unlocks a new horizon for blood-based biomarker discovery.
| 10+ min read
Facing donor shortages and storage limitations, researchers are developing synthetic red blood cells, platelets, and plasma and combining them into artificial blood.
Understanding the molecular pathology of leukemia guides researchers to develop targeted treatments.
| 3 min read
A repurposed Blu-ray disc player offers an alternative to expensive and bulky microscope setups for imaging bacteria, urine, and blood for drug research and diagnostic analyses.
| 5 min read
A new heart-on-a-chip gives scientists an up-close look at the beating human heart from the comfort of their lab benches.
Amongst a plethora of stem cells, which cell type should scientists choose?
| 6 min read
Red blood cells may play a role in COVID-19 and other infections.
| 5 min read
Cardiologist Sheba Meymandi hopes to prevent the deadly cardiac effects of Chagas disease with increased screening and knowledge of the disease.
| 3 min read
A biopharmaceutical company established a new method for isolating and editing hematopoietic stem cells from patients to provide stem cell therapies for diseases such as sickle cell disease.
| 3 min read
A cellular “time machine” identifies cells destined to become drug resistant.
