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 ...

Martin Mwita returned home to Bellevue this spring after becoming among the first in the country to receive one of two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease in St.

In an exclusive story, our team followed a donation of platelets, from the donor's arm to its grateful recipient, learning ...

According to KEM doctors, the patient received one unit of ‘O’ Positive whole blood from Shatabdi BDBA Hospital, Kandivali. But, the case has exposed how poorly equipped civic- and state-run hospitals ...

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Jaundice occurs when the blood has excess bilirubin, a yellowish substance that’s produced when the body breaks down old red blood cells. The liver is most responsible for eliminating bilirubin.

The healing process depends on platelets, a portion of the red blood cell that have a shorter shelf life than whole blood donations.

At just three years old Matilda Turner was a bundle of energy and, like most children her age, 'always on the go', her mother ...

CALDONO, Colombia (AP) — When Patricia Elago Zetty's 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia's conflict-ridden southwest, ...

A new service has begun in Bedfordshire to treat patients who are living with sickle cell disease. The service is a ...

Bryan Johnson has revealed on Twitter that a new experiment he's taking on in his bid to reverse the ageing process has 'turned his urine blue'.