Immune Cells

by Meghana Matur Immune cells, commonly known as white blood cells (WBCs), are components of blood that are essential for the protection of an organism from infectious and other diseases. The immune cells, which include neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, mast cells,...

Hematopoietic Stem Cells

By Lilly Su, MD Candidate, Class of 2023, Penn State College of Medicine Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the stem cells that give rise to other blood cells, through a process called hematopoiesis. There are many organs and tissues within the body that are involved...

From pluripotency to blood.

Hematopoietic differentiation of pluripotent stem cells in vitro Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) derived from the inner part of a blastocyst (embryonic stem cells, ESCs) or through reprogramming of terminally differentiated adult cells (induced pluripotent stem cells,...