Red blood cells don’t just carry oxygen - they actively contract blood clots using osmotic forces, even without platelets.

Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in ...

In an exclusive story, our team followed a donation of platelets, from the donor's arm to its grateful recipient, learning everything that happens in between.

Oakley Avalos continues her unexpected fight against B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia — but this week, she’s doing it from ...

The 62-year-old Portland, Oregon bus driver has been visiting the Red Cross every two weeks for most of his life.

In a recently published study, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center revealed for the first time that cancer cells can evade ...

New findings about the effect of certain mutated cells on the entire blood-forming system and its environment could change ...

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and ...