A rare blood disorder, alpha thalassemia, affects thousands of people. About 5% to 20% of the world population carries one or ...

University of Illinois Chicago-led researchers have found that a common gut yeast, Candida albicans, can help Salmonella ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, delves into a medical mystery triggered by a puffed bean ...

Sickle cell anaemia is a permanent disorder that influences the structure and the activity of red blood cells .

People are exposed to millions of fungal spores every day, even potentially harmful ones like those from Aspergillus ...

Sickle cell disease is a life-long illness which requires ongoing treatment from a number of specialist healthcare teams, ...

It sounds like science fiction. Scientists take ordinary skin or blood cells, rewind them to a stem-cell state, then ...

Engineered bacteria reprogram tumor macrophages and direct copper into cancer cells, triggering cell death and systemic immunity without damaging healthy tissue.

People are constantly exposed to fungal spores, including those of Aspergillus fumigatus, but individuals with weakened ...

Study conducted on mice provides important information that may help in the treatment of the disease. Confirmations in Brazil have increased in recent year. B cells in the marginal zone of the spleen ...

As September marks National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, a local man’s story highlights a critical need in the community — compatible blood donations. For more than 4,000 Virginians ...