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 ...

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

Treatment for stage 3 myeloma is typically divided into phases. The goal is to achieve a deep remission, meaning the cancer is undetectable. This is the first phase. Most patients receive a "triplet" ...

Inflammation covertly rewires the bone marrow, enabling mutated stem cells to rise and setting the stage for future blood disease.

New immune roadmaps help physicians detect cancer recurrence early and customize treatments to the body’s defenses, providing ...

The map was developed by using single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze 1.4 million plasma and immune cells in bone marrow from over 300 patients.

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in partnership with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF ...

SAN DIEGO — The sickle cell community has for the past few days been buzzing with news of the first-ever approved gene therapies for the devastating disease. Meanwhile, researchers at the American ...

Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer's ...

Only one procedure can cure Steve and Stacy Trebing's daughter. Dec. 21, 2007— -- Within hours of Katie Trebing's birth Dec. 12, 2002, she needed a blood transfusion to save her life -- the first ...