The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are congenital vascular anomalies characterized by abnormal lymphatic development, leading to ...

Recent research has identified a specific biological mechanism that may explain why females experience more severe ...

A polygenic risk score (PRS) based on genes associated with endothelial cell function identifies patients at a higher risk of coronary artery disease, according to a new study. The risk score, which ...

The longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study from Karolinska ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene ...

For starters, she pointed out that standard CAR-T therapy involves a lymphodepletion regimen with cyclophosphamide and ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...

The exchange of cells between a mother and a fetus is a well-documented phenomenon that scientists have known about for more ...

Since 1975, the Suffolk Sickle Cell Foundation has supported people living with sickle cell disease-- a severe, chronic ...