Scientists have uncovered a new biological mechanism behind tissue and organ damage in low-oxygen conditions like heart attacks, strokes, and severe COVID-19. Bursting red blood cells—not ...

For the first time in New Hampshire, the American Red Cross hosted a blood drive meant to help people with sickle cell disease.Donations made Monday at Dartmouth College can go a long way toward ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the U.S., affecting an estimated 100,000 people, researchers said in background notes.

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. ... Red blood cells, which are part of the circulatory system, deliver oxygen to cells throughout the body and carry away carbon dioxide.

A normal red blood cell count ranges between 4.5 and 5.3 million cells/μL for males ages 12 to 18 years, while the range is 4.1 to 5.1 million cells/μL for females of the same age group. How do ...

The circulatory system consists of one heart, five liters of blood, and approximately 96,000 kilometers of blood vessels, responsible for transporting nutrients and waste throughout the body ...

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, ...

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 ...

“Mature red blood cells don’t have organelles, such as mitochondria,” said co-corresponding author Jian Xu, PhD, St. Jude Department of Pathology and Center of Excellence for Leukemia Studies.

The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they'd like an expert to answer. Asher, age 5, from New South Wales, wants to know why blood is red. An expert explains. Blood is inside our ...

Made-to-match cells put hope on the horizon for kids stuck in transplant queue. Children with blood diseases endure lengthy waitlists and side effects from imperfect transplants – but an ...