This makes it easy for transporting and the functioning of the cells throughout your body, including through smaller blood vessels. Share on Pinterest Red blood cell. Medical illustration by Wenzdai.

Share on Pinterest Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature blood cells that have not completed development. They are not usually present at all in the ...

The risk of developing blood cancer increases with age. The finding that a molecule from gut bacteria plays a part points to ...

New research published in Nature reveals that age-related changes in the gut promote the growth of pre-leukemic blood cells.

The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to 45 hospitals across the ...

The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still ...

A protein identified nearly 40 years ago for its ability to stimulate the production of red blood cells plays a surprising, critical role in dampening the immune system's response to cancer.

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, ...

A nationwide team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of ...

Several trauma cases across the Ozarks led to a significant spike in usage, with more than 200 units of red blood cells, plasma, and platelets being transfused at just one hospital alone.