UC-San Francisco: How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood
March 01, 2025
March 01, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 1 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
* * *
How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood
A study of human lung samples reveals a potent new source of hematopoietic stem cells, which make red blood cells, platelets and immune cells.
Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billi . . .
* * *
How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood
A study of human lung samples reveals a potent new source of hematopoietic stem cells, which make red blood cells, platelets and immune cells.
Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billi . . .