Antarctic icefish are famous for living without red blood cells, but they are not alone. A species of needle-shaped, ...

Red blood cells are essential for oxygen transport and immune function in the human body. When these cells become abnormally shaped, they can indicate serious health conditions, including diabetes, ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University have created a rapid, label-free method using polarized light detection to identify and ...

Red blood cells are the most abundant cells in the body. It has long been known that when red blood cells break down or anemia occurs due to bleeding, the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) increases, ...

Elizabeth Iffrig is in the Department of Pediatrics and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA ...

Your blood carries oxygen to all of the cells in your body. When there are problems with red blood cells, you can feel weak and tired and may have to take medicines or receive blood transfusions to ...

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints ...

When adults became angry after remembering past experiences, the function of cells lining the blood vessels was negatively impaired, which may restrict blood flow, according to a new study. Previous ...