How stem cells calm the body's immune response
Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An ...
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This Blood Type May Put You at the Greatest Risk for Stroke
Blood types refer to a classification of blood based on substances present on your red blood cells. The four basic blood ...
Researchers uncover a surprising new way the immune system ‘remembers’
The researchers next showed that when macrophages were exposed to inflammatory signals, their activity changed alongside ...
Donating Your Blood Could Have a Surprising Health Benefit
New research suggests that frequent blood donation can trigger genetic changes that might protect certain stem cells from ...
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Regularly Giving Blood Could Benefit Your Own Health, Too
Giving blood regularly may not just be saving the lives of other people, it could also be improving your own blood's health ...
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Giving blood frequently may make your blood cells healthier
Without this hormone, both cell types grew at a similar rate. “It suggests that, every blood donation, you’re going to have a ...
Sickle cell anemia patient reunites with Long Island doctors whose gene therapy treatments made him symptom-free
Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after ...
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Study identifies genetic changes in blood stem cells of frequent blood donors
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells.