As people age, so do their stem cells. Scientists have known for years that the stem cells that go on to become blood cells ...

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 ...

It's a phrase constantly repeated by blood banks: donate blood and save up to three lives.

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 ...

When injected into mice with retinal disease, the special retinal blood cells integrated into the damaged tissue to ...

New research finds that birds can use lactate, often thought of as a metabolic waste product, as a cellular fuel that aids in ...

Adults with blood cancers who need a donor stem cell transplant now have a new defense against one of the procedure’s most ...

The mystery surrounding the targeted removal of red blood cells from the human body is at the center of new Griffith University research. Research Fellow Dr. Lennart Kuck from Griffith's School of ...

A new study reveals how ultra-processed foods alter blood metabolites, offering clues to their effects on metabolism and long ...

“To me, it just seems like my last golden ticket,” Gigi Felix said of securing compatible blood that will enable her to undergo a bone marrow transplant ...