Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

Genetic testing should be used to help doctors spot high-risk cases of myeloma and enable targeted treatments, say ...

The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study that uses a pioneering ...

Hundreds of people in England with aggressive blood cancer are set to benefit from an innovative new treatment that ...

Groundbreaking findings from the landmark CLEAR (Clinical trial Comparing Lenvatinib with Ecerolimus or Pembrolizumab in ...

Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Red blood cells (RBC) can be present in urine even when they are not visible to a person. Also known as hematuria, RBC in urine can indicate an infection, kidney disease, and other health conditions.

It’s made of water, proteins, clotting factors, hormones, and other substances. Floating in the plasma are many red blood cells (RBCs). These cells contain hemoglobin. Hemoglobin lets RBCs carry ...

Later, they also took blood samples from the mice to understand how the microplastics had interacted with cells in the bloodstream. And they conducted behavioral experiments to test whether the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- First responders are urging you to roll up your sleeves and donate blood at Battle of the Badges next Monday. This quarterly competition pits Bend Fire, Bend Police ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals, a new ...