Discover the current challenges in diagnosing multiple myeloma and how advances in diagnostic technologies could help ...

The research is focused on red blood cells, the cells in the ocular lens and cells in the musculoskeletal system. “We’re trying to understand the locations of F-actin structures [inside the cells], ...

That distorts red blood cells from their usual flexible round shape into a stiff crescent, ... Hemoglobin has two parts, an alpha chain and a beta chain. In beta thalassemia, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am Greek and have thalassemia minor. In general, my red blood cells are much smaller than typical ones, and my iron content is significantly low.

Several red blood cell disorders can decrease the effectiveness of a person’s red blood cells. These include anemia, polycythemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and malaria.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and ETH Zürich have created the first ...

For many years, scientists assumed that blood production took place in the bone marrow. But now, researchers at UC San Francisco are showing it’s also happening in the lungs. They found hematopoietic ...

A red blood cell count is used to measure the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in your body. When you have a high blood count or a low blood count, it's a sign that you may be sick.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am Greek and have thalassemia minor. In general, my red blood cells are much smaller than typical ones, and my iron content is significantly low. Every time I see a different ...

A research team has discovered a mechanism in which blood stem cells respond to acute, severe anemia, through lipoprotein metabolism modification. It has been known how immediate erythroid ...