Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time. After 50 years, this ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows.

Induces potent and long-lasting immune responses to defined antigens or whole pathogens (particles), mainly through the ...

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

An adult human body consists of some 37 trillion cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types.

Haematopoietic stem cells are progenitor cells that have the ability to both generate all types of blood cells, including those of the myeloid and lymphoid lineages, and to replace themselves.

Complete Blood Count The complete blood count (CBC) includes counts and other analyses of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. It is usually normal in the early stages of lung cancer (or ...

"Blood transfusion is the new era of maintaining young cells in your system especially when it comes from your own son or daughter," Ms Iglesias told the New York Post, adding that her mother will ...

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics) can detect cell-level characteristics of cancer by looking at data from extremely small pieces of tissue—some as ...

Monocytopenia describes a low number of monocytes, a type of white blood cell. Monocytes are made in the bone marrow and account for 2% to 6% of white blood cells at any given time. They work ...