Adipose tissue is far more important for our health than many may realize. It does not merely function as an energy store, ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells ...

There’s more history in your blood types than you think, and it didn’t begin with humans. Here’s what we know about them, ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by correcting defects in the stem cell's lysosomes. The breakthrough ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry ...

Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

How does blood age? A new study identifies the MLKL protein as a non-lethal driver of hematopoietic stem cell aging via ...