Tag: Genome-wide association studies

  • Health

    Red blood cell production increases, but cost goes down

    New research suggests a way to cost-effectively manufacture red blood cells from stem cells; the patients who could potentially benefit include those who cannot use blood currently available in blood banks.

    4 minutes
  • Health

    Dialing down sickle cell disease

    Flipping a single molecular switch can reverse illness in an animal model of sickle cell disease, according to a study by Harvard researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

    5 minutes