Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the practice, experts believe whole-body manipulation focused on the ...

Humans have been enjoying delicious and nutritious animal bone marrow for centuries. It has a sweet, rich taste and a hearty texture, and is used mostly to flavor broths and soups. Recently ...

Discover groundbreaking research showing that lungs, alongside bone marrow, play a crucial role in blood cell production, ...

A new UCSF study shows that the human lungs have just as many blood-producing stem cells as bone marrow. These stem cells are ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion ...

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.

"All organs in the human body are complex, but the anatomical inaccessibility and unique biological intricacies of human bone marrow has made it a daunting task to model and study its physiology ...

Doctors harvest stem cells from the patient’s bone marrow and then send them off to a lab, where CRISPR is used to turn up the production of another, functional version of haemoglobin. This version is ...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a blood cancer that affects plasma cells in bone marrow. It’s a particularly insidious form of ...