Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

That’s how the particles infiltrate major organs like the heart and brain Face masks can prevent inhalation of the particles, researchers found MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The tiny ...

From vampire legends to lab-grown tissue, the idea that young blood can reverse aging is no longer pure myth. A new study shows that proteins secreted by bone marrow cells, triggered by young blood, ...

Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in helping clots contract, according to a new study from researchers at the ...

Blood doping boosts athletic performance by increasing the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood doping is commonly associated with endurance sports such as cycling, distance running, ...

Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the United States. One of the largest nonprofits supplying blood to hospitals and health centers is urging African Americans to donate more blood.

For patients with a rare type of blood cancer, treatment might finally be coming out of the Dark Ages. People with the chronic condition polycythemia vera make too many red blood cells, thickening ...

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 ...

It’s driven by red blood cells and not the blood clots traditionally associated with this sort of damage. “We’ve discovered a completely new blood-clotting mechanism that has nothing to do with the ...

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 ...

Clinical trials to explore the use of universal artificial blood are underway in Japan after initial volunteer doses began in March. The research, led by Professor Hiromi Sakai's laboratory, plans to ...