Red blood cell lifespan is significantly lower for specific patients on maintenance dialysis. Among anemic patients receiving maintenance dialysis, red blood cell lifespan appears especially reduced ...

New research reveals that red blood cells play an unexpected active role in tightening blood clots, a discovery that could change how we approach clotting-related diseases. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

The donation will support critical efforts, including equipment for new donor centers and programs supporting sickle cell disease treatment. According to the National Institutes of Health, sickle cell ...

Give blood, get tickets to see the Detroit Tigers or Detroit Red Wings. It’s as simple as that. In order to maintain a steady national blood supply the American Red Cross, in partnership with The ...

Your blood cells work tirelessly to keep you alive, carrying oxygen throughout your body and fighting off infections. But hidden in your daily meals are foods that can silently compromise these vital ...

Abundant and persistent, red blood cells have a lifetime of about four months in the human body and travel to every organ and tissue. They could soon be leveraged to transport more than oxygen and ...

Blood doping boosts athletic performance by increasing the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood doping is commonly associated with endurance sports such as cycling, distance running, ...

Department of Ultrasound, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China Research Center of Ultrasonography, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University ...

NAINR. 2004;4(4):231-239. Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are ...

Portal’s collaboration with DARPA’s “Red Blood Cell (RBC) Factory” program aims to develop a portable, field-deployable, personalized and scalable cell therapy device that enables diverse cargo ...

For patients with a rare type of blood cancer, treatment might finally be coming out of the Dark Ages. People with the chronic condition polycythemia vera make too many red blood cells, thickening ...