Vaccine effectiveness relies on creating a strong antibody response that can be reactivated to fight future infections. Now, ...

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 biopsy tells doctors the count and what types of red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells are present and their stages of development. The cellularity or quantity of blood ...

Bone marrow aspiration is generally a safe ... A core biopsy can be obtained for a more accurate determination of marrow cellularity. Core biopsies require a larger core needle, such as a Jamshidi ...

New research shows that mutations in DNMT3A in blood stem cells of frequent blood donors may bolster the production of noncancerous cells.