A new preclinical study shows that red blood cells can be tagged in vivo and used as long-lasting carriers for imaging agents ...

For patients with heart failure, blood pumps can be lifesaving. But the very forces that sustain circulation can also harm it, damaging red blood cells through hemolysis and compromising the body's ...

White blood cells can be super helpful, or they can make a problem worse: when faced with threats ranging from snake bites to ...

The human blood system is in a constant state of turnover. First-line immune defenders, like neutrophils, need to be replaced after just four to eight hours, platelets can last a week, red blood cells ...

Blood cells make up the majority of cells in the human body. They perform critical functions and their dysfunction is implicated in many important human diseases, from anemias to blood cancers like ...