Simplifying Blood-Based Research
An innovative device decentralizes blood collection and unlocks a new horizon for blood-based biomarker discovery.
Hematology
Making blood in the lab
Facing donor shortages and storage limitations, researchers are developing synthetic red blood cells, platelets, and plasma and combining them into artificial blood.
Developing Targeted Therapies for Leukemia
Understanding the molecular pathology of leukemia guides researchers to develop targeted treatments.
A nanoengineered heart chamber
A new heart-on-a-chip gives scientists an up-close look at the beating human heart from the comfort of their lab benches.
The hitchhiker’s guide to stem cells
Amongst a plethora of stem cells, which cell type should scientists choose?
Red blood cells sometimes behave like immune cells
Red blood cells may play a role in COVID-19 and other infections.
Chagas disease is an invisible heartache that preventative screening can heal
Cardiologist Sheba Meymandi hopes to prevent the deadly cardiac effects of Chagas disease with increased screening and knowledge of the disease.
A new initiative for developing autologous stem cell therapies
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.
A new tool called rewind finds rare cells primed for drug resistance
A cellular “time machine” identifies cells destined to become drug resistant.
