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$2.7 million grant to explore hypoxia’s impact on blood stem cells

April 26, 2024 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists are on a mission to understand why hematopoietic stem cells, responsible for producing all types of mature blood cells, exhibit better responses in a low-oxygen environment within the bone marrow, also known as hypoxia.

Researchers zero in on potential new function of lymphatic system: producing blood

February 6, 2023 sarah JonasResearch Results

Scientists investigating the causes of lymphoedema have made a major discovery, revealing that lymphatic vessels can produce red and white blood cells.

Biofriendly protocells pump up blood vessels

November 20, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

In a new study published today in Nature Chemistry, Professor Stephen Mann and Dr Mei Li from Bristol’s School of Chemistry, together with Associate Professor Jianbo Liu and colleagues at Hunan University and Central South University in China, prepared synthetic protocells coated in red blood cell fragments for use as nitric oxide generating bio-bots within blood vessels.