Weak bones and rapid aging cause identified - microplastics in human bonesA recent review reveals the alarming presence of microplastics in human bones, cartilage, and intervertebral discs, triggering inflammation...
26 Sep, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Scientists say young blood and bone marrow cells can reverse aging in human skin cellsScientists found that young blood serum combined with bone marrow cells can make aging skin look younger in lab tests. This method helps sk...
20 Aug, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
Your energy drink Red Bull and Celsius fueling blood cancer? New study raises alarming concernsA study published in Nature suggests taurine, an ingredient in energy drinks like Red Bull, may increase the risk of blood cancers.Research...
16 May, 2025, 09.55 PM IST
This is how doctors cured a German HIV-positive patient, check hereIn Germany, a man became the third person to be completely cured of the HIV virus after receiving a stem cell transplant, also known as a b...
24 Feb, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
Mild Covid-19 induces lasting antibody protection, study findsThe researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, noted that such cells could persist for a lifetime, churnin...
25 May, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
Immune system may never forget mild Covid even months after recovery: StudyHowever, it is not clear yet whether the same results would be seen in survivors of moderate to severe Covid-19.
25 May, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Stempeutics Research receives patent for critical limb ischemia treatment method"The US patent is for the method of treating ischemia by administering pooled allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells," Stempeutics Research s...
01 Nov, 2019, 08.58 PM IST
Blood cancer accelerates premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cellsScientists found that leukaemia induces ageing of the local non-cancer environment.
31 Jan, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
Swelling of hands & feet, fatigue, irritability: Everything you need to know about sickle cell diseaseThe symptoms aggravate due to dehydration, infection and hypoxia.
27 Jul, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
- 3-D-printed bone implant dissolves in the body
Moscow, Oct 27 (IANS) In a major step towards improving surgeries after head or face injuries, Russian scientists have developed a new type...
27 Oct, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Bone marrow registry now collects saliva, not blood from donorsNonprofit bone marrow registry set up by BMC alumni with Infosys aid makes sample collection from potential donors a two-minute affair.
21 Sep, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Embryonic stem cells could heal damaged lungs: ResearchEmbryonic stem cells can be used to repair damaged lung tissue in those with severe respiratory disease, researchers have found.
15 Jul, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
Bangalore Medical College alumni to build India's largest bone marrow registryIndia makes up about 18% of the world's population, but the number of Indian names on any bone-marrow registry in the world is less than 2%.
30 Apr, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
Spaceflight may age immune system in astronauts prematurelyFrippiat and colleagues in the study used a ground-based model called hindlimb unloading (or HU), that simulates some of the effects of spa...
03 Feb, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
Stem cells that regenerate bones and cartilage identifiedResearchers at CUMC discovered the cells, called osteochondroreticular (OCR) stem cells, in bone marrow of mice by tracking a protein expre...
16 Jan, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
Stem cells can't fix all diseases: AIIMSDr Kameshwar Prasad, head of Neurology Department at AIIMS, said stem cell therapy has been shown to be effective only in certain blood dis...
14 Nov, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
Indian in Saudi Arabia to donate stem cell to save boy's lifeAn Indian national living in Saudi Arabia will donate stem cell for a local boy who is in dire need of bone marrow transplant.
22 Sep, 2014, 04.13 PM IST