Wendy Tabron, American Red Cross -National Biomedical Partnership Officer, said the Red Cross needs blood every two minutes. ...

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, ...

Dear Reader: When someone’s red blood cells become abnormally large, it is a condition known as macrocytosis. These enlarged ...

A research team has discovered a mechanism in which blood stem cells respond to acute, severe anemia, through lipoprotein metabolism modification. It has been known how immediate erythroid precursors ...

For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this month the American Red Cross is recognizing the critical need for ...

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, ...

Most major blood groups were identified early in the 20th century. Many discovered since, like the Er blood system first ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of ...

We now know why some blood is missing a key antigen—leading to the creation of a new blood-grouping system. Experts believe ...