University of Bonn researchers directly reprogrammed red blood cell precursors from elderly donors into neural stem cells ...

Blood transfusions are crucial in human and veterinary medicine, yet human blood reserves are in constant need of donors, while blood bank systems in veterinary care are nearly nonexistent. This ...

The Human Erythrocytes Available for Reconstitution and Transfusion, or HEART, project at APL aims to create shelf-stable red blood cells grown entirely in a laboratory ...

Researchers harnessed tardigrade CAHS proteins combined with trehalose to cryopreserve red blood cells more effectively than ...

More than 99.9% of people carry an antigen called AnWj on their red blood cells, and for decades the handful who lacked it were a puzzle that no reference laboratory could close. Scientists at NHS ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 from researchers at the ...