For over fifty years, the scientific community has grappled with an unsolved puzzle in the realm of human blood types. It all began in 1972 when doctors discovered something extraordinary during the ...

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 ...

The spleen acts like a sophisticated filtration system, removing old, damaged red blood cells and platelets from circulation. But here’s where it gets interesting. Your spleen doesn’t just ...

In recent years, there has been a growing trend of an aging patient population and an increasing prevalence of age-associated diseases, underscoring the need for advancing research into the biological ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A.S. Smith et al., “Myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton to control red blood cell membrane curvature and deformability ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...