and build healthy cells. Some of it is manufactured in your body, and some is absorbed from the foods you eat. Too much cholesterol in your blood, though, may increase the risk of cardiovascular ...

A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a ...

The warm water’s high salt concentration makes what’s left of the lake a prime breeding ground for Dunaliella algae, which can turn the water blood-red. “In the marine environment ...

Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Research Centre for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, School of Medicine and Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Nankai University, ...

MADISON — The American Red Cross is urging residents to schedule blood donations in May before summer schedules get too full of vacations, summer sports activities and other events. There are ...

To understand blood cancers (these include leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma) and their treatment, it can help to know more about your blood and blood cells. Blood is made up of blood cells which float ...

While some details are still uncertain, test-tube studies have shown that reishi can affect the genes in white blood cells, which are critical parts of your immune system. What’s more ...

In contrast, patients whose leukemia showed more features of early red blood cell development had a 37% lower risk of death (HR ~0.63). When researchers tested how these leukemia cells responded ...

Sickle cell anemia disproportionately impacts minority communities, with patients often requiring regular blood transfusions. The effectiveness of these treatments depends on a close ethnic match ...

HSCs reside in bone marrow, in which they sustain the balanced production of blood cells and respond to acute stressors in times of need. As HSCs age, their DNA accumulates mutations, which can ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments and tissue injury caused by non-cancerous conditions. The new test ...

Made from petroleum, red dye 40 is a synthetic food dye. Some studies suggest a link between red dye 40 and ADHD behavior; the dye might trigger or exacerbate behavioral changes in sensitive children.