Blood stem cells shown to be susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell death

The body is constantly replenishing the blood with new red and white blood cells thanks to a small but important group of cells called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, Boston Children's Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found that these cells are particularly vulnerable to ferroptosis, a kind of cell death triggered by iron.