Researchers have identified ways in which chemotherapy can damage healthy cells and found that some drugs can add decades of ...

A controversial collaboration between Duke and cord blood banker Cryo-Cell could be a worrisome sign of things to come in cell therapy.

Children with sickle cell disease have unique nutritional needs. They burn more energy, face growth delays and need stronger immune support. A well-planned diet with calories, proteins, vitamins, ...

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know ...

Low-income kids produce as much as 23% more cortisol than their wealthier peers, according to researchers at the Imperial ...

Q: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that ...

A study by an international research collaborative reports a stunning blood modification method that not only protects red blood cells for perfusion-based transplant organ cryostorage, but could ...

A red blood cell range is considered typical between 4.6 and 6.2 million cells per microliter (cells/μL) for males and 4.2 to 5.4 million cells/μL for females.. Other tests may be needed to help ...

LifeShare Blood Center is asking the community to make blood donation part of their summer plans, especially with demand ...

There was just one transplant using a patient’s own cord blood reported in 2023, compared with more than 16,000 done with stem cells from a patient’s own blood.