Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Dr Rahul Naithani explains blood cancer and its various types. Here are the symptoms and treatment options available.

Precancerous blood cells can actively reshape their surroundings, prematurely aging cells in the bone marrow to create conditions that favor their own growth and potentially increase the risk of blood ...

A routine blood sample contains a diverse collection of immune cells that can reveal important clues about health and disease ...

Blood cancers start when blood cells become cancerous and disrupt red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets, often beginning in bone marrow. The main blood cancer types include leukemia, ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have discovered blood stem cells in the lungs, disrupting a decades-old belief that new blood cells were only made in the bone marrow. Conventionally it was thought ...

As people age, so do their stem cells. Scientists have known for years that the stem cells that go on to become blood cells show significant signs of aging that sometimes lead to leukemia, excessive ...