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Importantly, mouse studies indicated that these compounds did not interfere with normal blood cell development, which is essential when considering new leukemia treatments for people.

After the delivery, her doctor became alarmed by her high white blood cell count.

"If you take a blood sample before and after a cold swim, white blood cell levels do rise," she explains.

One niche that plays a central role in creating new blood cells lies near the bone surface and is linked to blood cancer's ability to resist treatment.

The practice is currently used at a smaller scale in day-to-day medicine, where living cells such as blood cells, sperm and embryos are frozen at ultra-low temperatures to be stored.