How far would you go to save your child? For Mina Holland, her second baby became his sister’s saviour in the fight against a ...

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

Researchers have identified a previously unknown biological process that causes tissue and organ damage in conditions where ...

New gene therapy improves the life of 18-year-old with Sickle Cell Disease which affects 5,000 New Jersey residents living ...

People with lung cancer will be offered a new blood test designed to speed up access to targeted treatments and avoid unnecessary biopsies, officials have announced. About 15,000 patients a year are ...

A boy who was told on his 16th birthday that the cancer he had been free from for 18 months had returned and spread to his ...

“I didn’t really know what it was, so I was pretty scared,” Brooke Boddie said ... The disease attacks your bone marrow, so that you no longer produce red or white blood cells or platelets. The only ...

In SCD, red blood cells become rigid and shaped like sickles or crescents. These cells do not flow freely and can get stuck in small blood vessels, causing injury to the vessel walls and ...

Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout your body, including to vital organs and tissues. They also help your body get rid of carbon dioxide. Too little or too many red blood cells may be ...

Despite being scared of needles ... causes a pregnant woman’s immune system to attack the fetus’s red blood cells. Australia has only 200 anti-D donors who help 45,000 mothers and their ...

DARPA wants to test whether modifying red blood cells would enhance troop performance. The Red Blood Cell Factory program aims to insert biologically active components in cells. The agency says ...

Adele says she remembers crying and saying 'I think I'm dying' and telling the theatre staff that she was scared ... Adele was given 28 units of red blood cells, 20 units of fresh frozen plasma ...