Stem cells form the backbone of many cell-based therapies due to their unique properties, including the ability to self-renew and differentiate to many cell types. Multiple cell therapies deliver ...

In an allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant, the blood system of a recipient with a haematological disease is replaced with that of a tissue-matched donor. For many individuals with such diseases, ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have identified a key molecule for establishing blood stem cells in their niche within the bone marrow. The findings, reported in the January ...

Gift of Life Marrow Registry Founder and CEO Jay Feinberg (third from left) was joined at the ribbon cutting by (l-r) Board Member Peter Cohen, Chairman of the Board Stephen B. Siegel, Dr. Miriam ...

Researchers discovered that chronic inflammation fundamentally remodels the bone marrow, allowing mutated stem cell clones to quietly gain dominance with age. Reprogrammed stromal cells and interferon ...

The Gift of Life, a nonprofit organization based in Boca Raton, connects patients with blood cancers and other diseases to ...

Gift of Life Marrow Registry marked a major milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating its expanded, state-of-the-art Dr. Miriam and Sheldon ...

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, ...

Scientists at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a previously unknown function of immune cells in the bone marrow. Embryonic macrophages—specialized ...

For months, doctors in Michigan had been searching for a bone marrow donor for a 68-year-old African American patient. She had been treated for acute myeloid leukemia once before, but the fast-growing ...