Immune cells regulate blood stem cells

Friday, February 21, 2014 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

Researchers in Bern, Germany, have discovered that, during a viral infection, immune cells control the blood stem cells in the bone marrow and therefore also the body's own defences. The findings could allow for new forms of therapy, such as for bone marrow diseases like leukaemia.

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