At present, a bone marrow transplant is the only cure available for some people living with sickle cell disease. However, it is an intensive treatment that carries a number of risks. Sickle cell ...

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have successfully used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to carry out vital ...

Keith Friedsam reflects on his journey as he prepares to undergo a bone marrow transplant on Nov. 19. A benefit is set for ...

Pairing donors and recipients with mismatched blood types could hasten more life-saving stem cell transplants for patients ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

A bone marrow transplant is a medical process in which faulty or damaged stem cells are replaced with healthy ones. Our bone ...

OPELOUSAS — Ten-year-old Quandell Roby enjoys living life like any other kid until he started feeling ill three weeks ago. Today, instead of being in school here at Opelousas Middle, playing with ...

A Holly Springs family is calling on their fellow North Carolinians to help save their daughter’s life. Charlotte Akers was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) when she was only a ...

Michigan Medicine researchers in the Hayek Lab have developed a risk score to predict the likelihood of cardiovascular complications following bone marrow transplants. The team developed the risk ...

HOLLADAY, Utah — A family in Holladay has just days to try to find a match for a bone marrow donation and save their young son’s life. Though you’d never know it by looking at the vivacious young man, ...