A breakthrough in the understanding of how mammals create red blood cells could lead to opportunities for artificial blood to ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model which could make testing potential new ...

Background —A suboptimal haematological status has often been recorded in athletes involved in intensive physical activity. There have even been reports of “sports anaemia” associated with intensive ...

Hgb is what makes red blood cells look red. Abnormally high or low Hgb can cause symptoms like exhaustion , dizziness, or shortness of breath. Your doctor may suggest an Hgb test if you’re ...

An iron blood test can show whether you have too much or too little of this important mineral in your blood. Find out why your doctor might call for this test, and what the results mean.

Unlike blood from humans, however, the artificial variety being tested in Japan does not need to match a certain blood type for transfusions. Like “universal donor” Type O- blood, the ...

They also discovered lung stem cells in mice that made all the constituents of blood, including red blood cells, megakaryocytes and several types of immune cells. Looney’s group wanted to prove this ...

A.S. Smith et al., “Myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton to control red blood cell membrane curvature and deformability,” PNAS, 115:E4377–85, 2018. Healthy red blood cells ...

Bats modify their red blood cells to become thicker and more rigid when they hibernate – and if we can figure out how, people might one day be able to copy the process for medical treatments or ...