If you have AB-positive blood — known as the universal recipient blood type — you can receive red blood cells from people with all types of blood. The chart below gives an overview of blood ...

Red blood cells, which are part of the circulatory system, deliver oxygen to cells throughout the body and carry away carbon dioxide. Platelets are cell fragments that form clots and stop bleeding.

Stem cells can become any type of cell in the body but, until now, no lab-grown cells have successfully been transplanted into mice A stem cell or bone marrow transplant replaces damaged blood ...

Scientists from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) has successfully identified the ultra-rare 48 th blood type group, known ...

People with type O blood enjoy a slightly lower risk of heart disease and blood clotting, but they may be more susceptible to ...

Blood cancers affect infection-fighting cells of your immune system. Find out more about the three types of blood cancer, and how they’re alike and different.

Uncontrolled synthesis of abnormal white blood cells, which may replace and impair normal blood cells, is an indicator of ...

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells.We would like to know ...

Red blood cells (RBCs) play a central role in keeping your body energized and functioning. They carry oxygen from your lungs ...

Learn more about lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. We look at their function, normal levels, and what happens if levels are too high or too low.

HSCs can become any type of blood cell. But not all HSCs are the same. Over time, these slow-dividing cells acquire subtle differences — mutations in their DNA, ...

Whole blood — the blood that flows through the veins and contains red cells, white cells and platelets suspended in plasma — is the "most flexible type of donation," the American Red Cross says.