Endocytosis is the process by which cells take in substances from outside of the cell by engulfing them in a vesicle. These can include things like nutrients to support the cell or pathogens that ...

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

Red blood cells are the body’s true shape shifters, perhaps the most malleable of all cell types. While studying how blood clots contract, researchers discovered a new geometry that red blood ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts headed to International Space Station 02:04. A new analysis has found that space travel can lower red blood cell counts, leading to a condition known as "space anemia." ...

A.S. Smith et al., “Myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton to control red blood cell membrane curvature and deformability,” PNAS, 115:E4377–85, 2018. Healthy red blood cells ...

Space travel is known to be notoriously rough on the human body, but new research has revealed just how hard it hits red blood cells. A new study of astronauts showed that they lost 54% more red ...

Polychromasia is a blood condition marked by immature red blood cells. Learn what causes it, how it’s diagnosed, its symptoms and Treatment options.

For many years, scientists assumed that blood production took place in the bone marrow. But now, researchers at UC San Francisco are showing it’s also happening in the lungs. They found hematopoietic ...

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 ...