The cell has different shape than red blood cells, and could be an immune cell. ‘+’ indicates the centre of the optical trap. (SWF 79 kb) Supplementary Movie 4 ...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.

A normal red blood cell count ranges between 4.5 and 5.3 million cells/μL for males ages 12 to 18 years, while the range is 4.1 to 5.1 million cells/μL for females of the same age group. How do ...

Several red blood cell disorders can decrease the effectiveness of a person’s red blood cells. These include anemia, polycythemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and malaria.

Researchers have created synthetic red blood cells that have all of the useful properties of the real thing, plus a few new tricks. These new cells could be put to work carrying oxygen or drugs ...

Researchers store drugs in red blood cells as vitamin B12 conjugates and release them with light. ... The next steps, he says, would be to test the approach in animals and the clinic.

Blood donations may one day be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of the first functional red blood cells grown in the lab. The cells were grown from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

Could matching blood types be a thing of the past? New research published in Biomacromolecules describes a method for coating red blood cells to hide them from antibodies. Mark Scott, senior ...

Researchers have discovered what appear to be the remnants of red blood cells and connective tissue in 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossils. The work could shine a light on long-standing questions ...

ABOVE: Scanning electron micrographs of healthy human red blood cells (left) and RBCs that have been treated with DNA (right) L.K.M. LAM ET AL., SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 2021 C ontrary to what ...