Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD Key Takeaways Bone marrow fills the cavities in your bones and produces blood ...

Ossium's approach fundamentally changes that paradigm by offering a high-quality, banked graft source that can be delivered within days rather than months. The published data highlight Ossium's ...

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system ...

Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...

A bone marrow transplant preceded by destruction of one’s own bone marrow with radiation or chemotherapy is a bleak prospect for a leukemia patient. Although the procedure can be lifesaving, it ...

Researchers at the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Toronto General Hospital have discovered the "SOS" distress signal that mobilizes specific heart repair cells from the bone marrow to the ...

For decades, doctors have been treating leukemia patients by transplanting stem cells from people with healthy bone marrow. But even though transplants can be a fairly effective treatment, there ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common inherited blood disorder, affects millions worldwide. In the United States alone, it impacts over 100,000 individuals, predominantly African Americans. The ...

To the chagrin of those in the Obama administration, the government lost a hard-fought legal effort to ban compensation for those giving bone marrow for transplant. Instead of accepting a federal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To the chagrin of those in the Obama administration, the government lost a hard-fought legal effort to ban compensation for those giving bone marrow for ...