red blood cells become rigid and shaped like sickles or crescents. These cells do not flow freely and can get stuck in small blood vessels, causing injury to the vessel walls and initiating clot ...

Blood type’s influence extends far beyond compatibility for blood donations, affecting the body through multiple biological ...

When this happens, small blood vessels are broken and bleed. Because there’s no cut in the skin above them, your red blood cells are trapped under the skin after your tiny blood vessels carrying ...

Here are some of the conditions and dangers associated with some blood clots and how they can become serious and even ...

Blood gets its color from hemoglobin, the protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your body. When hemoglobin binds with oxygen, it turns bright red. When it drops off that ...

A Bahrain study shows CT scans to check for blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka discover new biomarkers at the cell and protein levels for predicting relapse of ...

University of Connecticut researchers report in the April 16 issue of Science Advances that mutations in the TARDBP gene that reduce TDP-43 protein levels also impair the cells lining blood vessels in ...

The risk of developing blood cancer increases with age. The finding that a molecule from gut bacteria plays a part points to new ways to intervene.

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...