Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered that large oncosomes—fluid-filled sacs released into the bloodstream by aggressive ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...

The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing ...

Amphiphysin, a protein that is highly concentrated in nerve terminals, has been proposed to function as a linker between the clathrin coat and dynamin in the endocytosis of synaptic vesicles. Here ...

This valuable manuscript investigates the localisation of nutrient receptors in bloodstream stage trypanosomes, with implications for both nutrient uptake and immune evasion. Results after direct ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Thousands of people are battling sickle cell disease in South Carolina, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health. A blood donation center in ...

Alloimmunization to donor blood group antigens remains a significant problem in transfusion medicine. A proposed method to overcome donor−recipient blood group incompatibility is to mask the blood ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that impacts hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. The red blood cells, normally rounded and flexible, become crescent ...

Unlike blood from humans, however, the artificial variety being tested in Japan does not need to match a certain blood type for transfusions. Like “universal donor” Type O- blood, the ...

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 ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.