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 ...

Hemanext Inc., a leading innovator in blood processing, storage, and transfusion technology, has been awarded a three-year Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) Phase II for a project titled ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

The transplanted kidney did start to show signs of type A blood again by the third day, which led to an immune response – but ...

MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The tiny particles inhaled from air pollution stick to our red blood cells, hitching ...

Red blood cell lifespan is significantly lower for specific patients on maintenance dialysis. Among anemic patients receiving maintenance dialysis, red blood cell lifespan appears especially reduced ...

Researchers have found the first direct evidence that tiny particles of air pollution stick to red blood cells, meaning they can travel freely around the body.

Blood doping boosts athletic performance by increasing the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood doping is commonly associated with endurance sports such as cycling, distance running, ...

For patients with a rare type of blood cancer, treatment might finally be coming out of the Dark Ages. People with the chronic condition polycythemia vera make too many red blood cells, thickening ...