An international study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on acute normovolemic hemodilution, ...

As World Blood Donor Day nears, health experts stress the crucial need for Black donors to help patients with sickle cell ...

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP), Division of Transfusion Medicine, has successfully performed its ...

Historically, the gold standard for diagnosing colorectal cancer has been a colonoscopy. During the procedure, a thin tube ...

Haemoglobin vesicles could transform transfusion medicine with universal compatibility and an extended shelf life. When will ...

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Fluorescent molecules that respond to changes in viscosity could provide a fast, accurate tool to probe the mechanical ...

The product contains hemoglobin molecules from expired donor blood, which are encapsulated in protective lipid shells.

Artificial blood could reduce preventable deaths in settings where limited supply costs millions of lives in low-income ...

Experts at Chapman University have developed a mobile app that needs nail pictures to detect signs of anemia, a well-known blood condition, with high accuracy.

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 ...

This includes delivering oxygen to vital organs and tissues. Red blood cells are able to accomplish this with the help of hemoglobin, a type of protein they contain. However, the amount of oxygen ...