Learn more about platelets, small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding and serve other important purposes.

Made from petroleum, red dye 40 is a synthetic food dye. Some studies suggest a link between red dye 40 and ADHD behavior; the dye might trigger or exacerbate behavioral changes in sensitive children.

The announcement, reported in the Telegraph, comes after red blood cells grown in a lab from stem cells were transferred to a patient in a world-first clinical trial in 2022 led by NHS Blood and ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During National Volunteer Month in April, the American Red Cross asks donors to help keep the blood supply stable by making an appointment to give blood or platelets now. Type O ...

single-cell transcriptome sequencing information on blood samples; gene expression of cell clusters; marker gene of erythrocyte subtype; pseudotime and KEGG functional enrichment of blood cells (PDF) ...

These cells have the unique ability to develop into various types of cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, all of which are essential for survival. In the context of ...

CAR T-cell therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, has already shown remarkable success in treating blood cancers like leukemia. This personalized treatment involves extracting a ...

Parker County Hospital District EMS field training officer Jordan Tolliver (right) exchanged units of blood with Craig Denny of Carter BloodCenter. Protocols to return blood nearing expiration to ...

The Tower of London is creating a stunning new installation using those from the acclaimed 2014 artwork Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red which saw the historic fortress encircled in a sea of red ...

“Usually, when we have high blood pressure, we are advised to eat less salt,” said the study’s corresponding author, Dr Anita Layton, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science ...

They were also able to get back high-quality perovskite crystals, which can potentially be used again for making new solar cells. “It’s kind of a complex chemistry to make the water solution ...

They have developed a blood-based method called RARE-seq that detects tumor-derived cell-free RNA with around 50 times the sensitivity of standard sequencing techniques. RARE-seq showed an ability ...