An organ that stores red blood cells for emergencies. A new ‘storehouse’ function ascribed to the spleen, and reducing laboratory waste by reusing vials, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University is receiving $5.4 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies for loading red blood cells with ...

In January 2024, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage, reporting the lowest number of blood donations in 20 years. Estimating a 40% drop in donors over two decades, the Red ...

Red blood cells are complex — there's much more to blood types than A, B and O. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many ...

Melbourne researchers have made a world first breakthrough into creating blood stem cells that closely resemble those in the human body. And the discovery could soon lead to personalised ...

It is a special blood drive in honor of a special girl. Daniela Ciriello has a rare blood disease that requires frequent ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Your regular donation of blood could be doing some good for your own health. Researchers have found early evidence that blood donation can trigger helpful changes in the cells that replenish our ...

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 ...

There was just one transplant using a patient’s own cord blood reported in 2023, compared with more than 16,000 done with stem cells from a patient’s own blood.