Biomolecular Atlas for Bone Marrow
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania revealed a powerful new bone marrow atlas that will offer the public a first-of-its-kind visual passport into the spectrum of healthy and diseased blood production. The findings were published today in the journal Cell. „For the first time, we will have a comprehensive framework to view the full gene expression and spatial organization of bone marrow cells,“ said senior study author Kai Tan, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and an investigator in CHOP’s Center for Childhood Cancer Research. „Although our paper is foundational, we envision the atlas will be used to develop new diagnostic tests, identify new CAR-T or other therapeutic targets, and discover spatial biomarkers of disease.“ Although spearheaded by CHOP and Penn, the study is also part…




