The first person to ever be cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana received revolutionary gene therapy. The treatment is ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

In recognition of Juneteenth and World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day, ImpactLife stressed the importance of transfusions ...

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in helping clots contract, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ring-shaped structure called the moving junction. What no one could work ...

The American Red Cross is encouraging people to donate blood this Juneteenth, with a special focus on increasing donations ...

Anemia may develop from having too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin, the iron-rich protein that carries oxygen to all of your organs. Anemia is a signal that your body’s capacity to ...

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 ...

India carries a significant share of the global burden of sickle cell anaemia with millions of people either affected by SCD ...

BERHAMPUR: In a major boost to healthcare in southern Odisha, MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, has introduced ...

The immune system consists of inflammatory and regulatory T cells (Tregs) that promote or dampen immune activity, respectively. These cells react to specific antigens that specialized cells like ...