Unlike every other kind of cell in your body, healthy, mature red blood cells have no nucleus. The nucleus is ejected from the cells as they are formed, a process that makes it possible for them to ...

Researchers have found a clear connection between the chronic pain experienced by some sickle cell disease patients and an imbalance in digestive tract bacteria. This discovery could eventually lead ...

Like most vertebrates, humans only have one heart, which is usually located near the front and middle of the chest, slightly ...

This extract here, from Chapter 10, Love Your Vulva, begins with the story of a 73-year-old woman who suffered in silence ...

In their quest for safe, mass-producible artificial blood, geneticists have long struggled. Our limited knowledge of genetic ...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Your morning cup of coffee might harm the quality of a blood donation provided ...

make all of the blood cells in the bone marrow - the soft and fatty tissue residing inside bones - including red blood cells that carry oxygen, immune system white blood cells that fight infections ...

Cancer specialists have long known that anemia, caused by a lack of healthy red blood cells, can arise when cancer metastasizes to the bone, but it’s been unclear why. A research team led by Princeton ...

PLATTSBURGH — Champlain Centre will host the American Red Cross Blood Drive from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 3. The drive will take place in the retail space next to GameStop, across from DSW. With a ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a vulnerability in certain blood cancer cells that makes it possible to eliminate the cancer cells with a drug, without harming healthy cells. The ...