Tag: blood stem cells

  • How Stem Cell Aging Can Lead to Precancer and Leukemia

    How Stem Cell Aging Can Lead to Precancer and Leukemia

    Stem cell aging can contribute to precancer and cancer when inflammation and other forms of stress disrupt the controls that keep blood-forming stem cells stable. In this program, Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., of UC San Diego explains how these changes can drive myeloproliferative neoplasms toward acute myeloid leukemia and why spaceflight helps researchers study the…