Also known as "blue field entoptic phenomenon" and "blue sky sprites", the little dots move in time with your heartbeat.

Your blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. White blood cells only make up about 1% of your blood, but they have an important function. As part of your immune ...

A bout 76 percent of all non-visually impaired people experience something known as "floaters". These appear as moving ...

Compared with white patients, Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were on average more than five years younger ...

A chemotherapy-free combination treatment outperformed a combination of targeted therapy and chemotherapy among patients with ...

White toast, a breakfast staple, poses hidden health risks. Its refined flour causes rapid blood sugar spikes and crashes, increasing diabetes risk and leading to hunger and cravings. This processed ...

B-cell lymphoma is a cancer that forms in white blood cells called lymphocytes. These cells are made by your bone marrow and play an important role in your body's ability to fight infections. These ...

Why is turkey breast white but the legs are dark? Dive into the biology of a Thanksgiving turkey and learn how muscle use ...

In the new study, published Thursday (Nov. 20) in the journal Cell Metabolism, the team focused on endothelial cells, meaning the cells that line blood vessels, and identified a specific case in which ...

Scientists may be on the cusp of developing a new vaccine to combat tuberculosis (TB), one of the world's deadliest diseases. TB takes more than 1million lives each year and is particularly deadly in ...

Haematopoietic stem cells are progenitor cells that have the ability to both generate all types of blood cells, including those of the myeloid and lymphoid lineages, and to replace themselves. In ...

Comparing the genomes of snakes with distinct coloration patterns pinpointed the genetic variants that contribute to these ...