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 ...

Three newly identified indole metabolites from a blood-dwelling bacterium were found to reduce skin cell inflammation and ...

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.

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded ...