X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune system, ...

Researchers have identified an early postnatal window that allows gene transfer to circulating blood stem cells, advancing ...

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 ...

bone marrow is given by a "half-matched" donor, such as a parent, sibling, child, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, or cousin of the patient. This means the proteins that help the body's immune system ...

It is possible that bone-marrow mast cells and heparin, which is synthesized by mast cells, play an important part in the pathogenesis of age-related osteoporosis. IN the study of osteoporosis ...

However, a recent report sheds light on new discoveries that explain the complexity of the immune response against brain ... Aghi and his team also conclude that these cells originate from the skull ...

In the study, immune deficient mice were injected with the lab engineered human blood stem cells. It found the blood stem cells became functional bone marrow at similar levels to that seen in ...

The present study examined immune cell populations present within cranial bone marrow samples to determine the prevalence and functions of these cells. Clinical samples were obtained from patients ...

They discovered that the progenitor cells of ... of the first immune cells to initiate viral defenses. "We've identified a new process whereby pDCs also patrol inside the bone marrow and ...

that live in the bone marrow. These cells can make copies of themselves or transform into blood and immune cells. Over time, the stem cells acquire genetic mistakes, giving some an edge in terms ...

At present, a bone ... their immune system for the procedure. A person receives the stem cells through an intravenous catheter. The stem cells then travel through the blood to the bone marrow ...