Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red ...

Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental biologic process ...

Plasma donation centers, such as the new BioLife Plasma Services, are bringing in donors and re-igniting ethical questions.

The red cell distribution width (RDW) blood test measures how equal your red blood cells are in size. One of several tests included in a complete blood count (CBC), RDW is measured as a percentage.

Bone marrow is the soft, fatty tissue inside large bones like the hip and thigh bones. It develops the body's red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight infections, and platelets ...

Machine learning approach of automatic identification and counting of blood cells (RBC, WBC, and Platelet) with KNN and IOU based verification. The complete blood count (CBC) dataset contains a total ...

Biehl uses red wine to look like blood — but any type of wine can be used. "And, yes, this is fun, but I wanted to take it to the next level" by adding a fog effect, she said. Biehl uses dry ice ...

Some of the surviving cells also lose the ability to produce the range of blood cells essential for a robust immune system. Over a million people worldwide are diagnosed with blood cancer each ...

Piezo1 is the stretch activated Ca 2+ channel in red blood cells that mediates homeostatic volume control. Here, we study the organization of Piezo1 in red blood cells using a combination of ...

It focuses on the red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. This is how it works: They start with a normal donation of a pint of blood (around 470ml) Magnetic beads ...