Efforts to develop lab-grown blood cells for blood transfusions may soon materialize. Since 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has been working on RESTORE— a project ...

A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood ...

The MCV test measures the size of your red blood cells. A normal MCV for adults is between 80 and 100 femtoliters. MCV levels can indicate conditions like anemia or vitamin deficiency. A mean ...

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 ...

A high red blood cell count can occur for many reasons, including excessive cell production, changes in blood volume, or underlying medical conditions. Sometimes, the cause is unknown. Erythrocytes, ...

Dima Hendricks said as a Black woman with a chronic illness she never thought she would be able to fulfill her dream of competing in national beauty pageants. “I competed on a state level for over 25 ...