Scientists have discovered that the internal shape of tiny drug-delivery particles—called lipid nanoparticles—has a big ...

Our knowledge of the effects of space and low gravity on blood cells, clotting, and anemia continues to expand, but further ...

Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by mobilizing the immune system to attack tumor cells. Major advances, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (notably against the PD-1 protein), have ...

Blood vessels grown in the lab in just five days could quickly prevent the tissue damage that can occur after an accident ...

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver ...

red blood cells and platelets. White blood cells are a crucial component of the immune system. They fight off foreign invaders and help with tissue repair. Red blood cells, which are part of the ...

Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are one of three main components in your blood, along with white blood cells and platelets. Produced by your bone marrow, red blood cells play a key role in ...

They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue that make red blood cells, as well as megakaryocytes, which produce the platelets that form blood clots. The findings appear Feb. 27 in ...

NEWARK – A new American Red Cross blood donation site at North 21st and Church streets is more than a place to give blood. The former Family Video building transformed into a place that also ...

January’s National Blood Donor ... of blood and platelet donors.” What the public also has to understand is that donated blood is perishable — with red blood cells having a shelf life ...

Your body has three types of blood cells — red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Platelets are the smallest of the three and are roughly 20% of the diameter of the blood cells.