Rose Rose of Grove City, PA, has received 40 transfusions to help her body replenish the blood cells the cancer wasn't ...

When someone gives blood, the donation is usually separated into components to use for specific needs. But in some cases, a ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners 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, ...

Doctors in Brazil discover and confirm that a woman has blood with male chromosomes, a rare case of human chimerism.

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 ...

Kavita Mehta is pinning her hopes on 2026 for a cure to a major blood disorder, following a breakthrough gene-editing treatment on the NHS. Ms Mehta, 36, from London, suffers from beta thalassaemia, a ...

Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get ...

Summit Fire & EMS and Red, White & Blue Fire emergency medical crews now carry “whole blood” to administer to trauma patients ...

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