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 ...

Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival ...

The way we shop, do our banking, watch TV and listen to music is unrecognisable from 30 years ago - yet as a doctor, the way ...

The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their ...

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 ...

The second CAR-T cell therapy, Qartemi, has been approved by India's drug regulator. Qartemi is a "living drug" for blood cancer patients. Listen to Story Qartemi is India's second CAR-T cell therapy ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. 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 ...

The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream and eventually become lodged in blood vessels in the brain. It’s not clear whether such obstructions ...

Red 3—also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127—has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You've likely encountered Red 3 before. It's a ...