A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

Scientists know that many proteins and pathways are involved in the development and progression of neurodegenerative ...

Nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) are immature erythrocytes rarely found in the peripheral circulation of adults in the absence of illness.

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Scientists have uncovered a new biological mechanism behind tissue and organ damage in low-oxygen conditions like heart attacks, strokes, and severe COVID-19. Bursting red blood cells—not ...

Learn more about red blood cells, transporters of oxygen throughout your body, including vital organs and tissues.

The MCHC blood test measures the concentration of hemoglobin in red blood cells, helping diagnose anemia and other blood disorders.

Frequent blood donors may be getting more than a warm, fuzzy feeling from their altruism, as giving blood may also enhance your ability to produce healthy blood cells, potentially reducing the ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Red blood cells are complex — there's much more to blood types than A, B and O.

Glutamine metabolic switch is key to red blood cell development and disease.