The longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study from Karolinska ...

In October of 2022, Peter Emigh, who’d recently transitioned out of his role leading geriatric care for an in-home services provider, had dinner with some folks at venture capital firm Red Cell ...

Human bodies make 2 million red blood cells per second. They each live for 120 days and spend that time zooming completely around the body every 20 seconds, carrying oxygen from the lungs to other ...

You say you want a revolution, well Agios Pharmaceuticals has one. The biopharma company focused on developing cellular metabolism pioneering therapies for rare diseases announced the establishment of ...

SCIENTISTS have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This test could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Concentration of hypochromic red cells may serve as a prognostic biomarker for patients with systemic sclerosis.

Three executives at Red Cell Partners, an incubator focused on the national security and health care markets, have created a company to develop artificial intelligence-based software for military ...

Antarctic icefish are famous for living without red blood cells, but they are not alone. A species of needle-shaped, ...

The shape of sickle cell blood cells resembles a curved blade knife called a sickle. These cells are stiff and inflexible, so they cannot move through small blood vessels as easily as healthy red ...