Scarlet Therapeutics ("Scarlet") today announces a landmark preclinical result: its proprietary cell-line derived, universal, lab-grown red blood cells (“RBCs”) have successfully matured and ...

A red blood cell (RBC) count measures the number of red blood cells in a sample of blood. It is part of a battery of tests called a complete blood count (CBC) that measures the different types and ...

Acute anemia can develop due to a rapid drop in red blood cells (RBCs) after losing blood. The more blood a person loses, the more severe the anemia becomes. It usually occurs due to hemorrhage or ...

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

In a 2023 paper on hypoxia and glucose metabolism, our lab showed how organisms rewire their metabolism to adapt to low oxygen levels-such as those found at high altitudes. One of the most striking ...

Scientists have developed a way to turn the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting agents—without removing them from ...

A new study uncovers how diabetic red blood cells release toxic packages that damage blood vessels, revealing a promising path for preventing serious complications. EVs derived from RBCs of patients ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry ...

Scientists have long known that people living at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are low, have lower rates of diabetes than people living closer to sea level. But the mechanism of this protection ...