Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells. Understanding the ...

For the first time, scientists have tracked microplastics moving through the bodies of mice in real time 1. The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream ...