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 ...

By creating artificial aging in mice, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the formation of ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Keywords circulatory system, heart, blood, plasma, red blood cells, oxygen, carbon dioxide, arteries, veins, capillaries, nutrients, waste, regulation, hormones, blood clotting, immune defense ...

Image Credit: NHS Blood and Transplant FlowScore- a formula developed at Oxford University in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant - predicts how quickly red blood cells release their ...

“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.

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 ...