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 ...

Hemoglobin, long celebrated for ferrying oxygen in red blood cells, has now been revealed to play an overlooked—and ...

Old red blood cells create bilirubin as a by-product when they break down at the end of their life cycle. The liver processes bilirubin and other waste products, and conjugates, or binds it, to ...

It’s actually an expert recycler. It breaks down those old red blood cells and recovers valuable iron, which then gets reused to make brand new red blood cells. Talk about sustainability.

This research into red blood cell variations fits in well with archaeological and genetic studies, Mazières suggested, showing that new genetic lineages and new stone tool industries arose in the ...