Several red blood cell disorders can decrease the effectiveness of a person’s red blood cells. These include anemia, polycythemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and malaria.

A peculiar thin layer of clear plasma, devoid of red blood cells exists adjacent to the walls of our arterioles, capillaries, and venules -- the blood vessels that make up our microcirculation.

Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape.

Understanding red blood cell assemblies under flow is essential to deciphering many blood and cardiovascular pathologies, the main cause of mortality in the world. The research team’s findings unlock ...

Why blood cells move in slippers. Timm Krüger of the University of Edinburgh told Physics World that an important strength of the research is that it “used two different and quite different modelling ...

A red cell distribution width (RDW) test is a type of blood test that indicates variations in the size of a person’s red blood cells. It can confirm an anemia diagnosis and help determine its ...

A new technique sheds light on how red blood cells regulate blood pressure in small blood vessels. A clear understanding of blood-pressure regulation could help development of treatments for diseases ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders. Affected hemoglobin inside your red blood cells (RBCs) causes them to lose their flexible donut shape and take on a “C” shape.

Computer model predicts red blood cell flow. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 08 / 130813130337.htm. American Institute of Physics (AIP).

WASHINGTON D.C. August 13, 2013 -- Adjacent to the walls of our arterioles, capillaries, and venules -- the blood vessels that make up our microcirculation -- there exists a peculiar thin layer of ...