Tag: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  • Nation & World

    Better blood

    An innovative experimental treatment for boosting the effectiveness of blood stem-cell transplants with umbilical cord blood has a favorable safety profile in long-term animal studies, according to Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Children’s Hospital Boston.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dairy fat may help not harm

    Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and collaborators from other institutions have identified a natural substance in dairy fat that may substantially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

    4 minutes