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Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and they carry oxygen throughout the body. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide).
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JUL 18, 2018Plants & Animals
When researchers noticed common bottlenose dolphins in Bermuda diving up to 1,000 meters below the ocean’s surface ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 26, 2018Health & Medicine
When a person ingests anything, be it food, drink or medication, it gets broken down in the bloodstream so that cells ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2018Cardiology
For people with an uncommon sensitivity to a particular carbohydrate in red meat, the risk of heart disease is elevated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A robot arm could soon be coming to your doctor’s office to take your blood and analyze it for you. From scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 04, 2018Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2018Cancer
Obesity, and the factors that lead up the state of being obese, contribute to physiological function; the literature sup ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 21, 2018Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 16, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2018Videos
Small changes in our genes help give us our unique traits. Scientists have found that one genetic variation carried by t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2018Cancer
New research suggests polarity of tumor cells changes as part of the metastatic progression process and increases metast ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 17, 2018Neuroscience
Who doesn't love a nice big dish of hot beets for supper? Delicious, right? OK, they may not be the darling of the v ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 24, 2018Microbiology
An anti-bacterial chemical commonly used in toiletries is effective as an anti-malaria drug, even in drug-resistant para ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2018Immunology
A supposedly rare genetic mutation that provides protection from malaria is actually present in one-third of people of A ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2018Videos
Sickle cell anemia is caused by a genetic mutation. When a person carries only one mutated copy of the gene, they don't ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a freely accessible online kidney atlas. They are hopeful that scientists will use it to enginee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think you've seen it all: a seemingly ordinary picture emerged as the champion from a science pho ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 31, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new discovery is making scientists rethink everything they know about rare hereditary diseases. One genetic mechanism ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 26, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigators at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are revealing the mechanisms underlying anemia.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2018Cancer
Polyphenols are known to have anti-oxidant properties - they prevent oxidation, which can lead to cell damage in the bod ...Written By: Julia TraversDEC 06, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have applied all-optical ultrasound imaging in a “clinically realistic environment, ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2018
Plants & Animals
When researchers noticed common bottlenose dolphins in Bermuda diving up to 1,000 meters below the ocean’s surface
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 26, 2018
Health & Medicine
When a person ingests anything, be it food, drink or medication, it gets broken down in the bloodstream so that cells ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Cardiology
For people with an uncommon sensitivity to a particular carbohydrate in red meat, the risk of heart disease is elevated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A robot arm could soon be coming to your doctor’s office to take your blood and analyze it for you. From scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 04, 2018
Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2018
Cancer
Obesity, and the factors that lead up the state of being obese, contribute to physiological function; the literature sup
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 21, 2018
Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 16, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2018
Videos
Small changes in our genes help give us our unique traits. Scientists have found that one genetic variation carried by t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2018
Cancer
New research suggests polarity of tumor cells changes as part of the metastatic progression process and increases metast
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 17, 2018
Neuroscience
Who doesn't love a nice big dish of hot beets for supper? Delicious, right? OK, they may not be the darling of the v
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in Nature Medicine examines a monoclonal antibody isolated from the blood of individuals vaccinated fo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 24, 2018
Microbiology
An anti-bacterial chemical commonly used in toiletries is effective as an anti-malaria drug, even in drug-resistant para
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2018
Immunology
A supposedly rare genetic mutation that provides protection from malaria is actually present in one-third of people of A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2018
Videos
Sickle cell anemia is caused by a genetic mutation. When a person carries only one mutated copy of the gene, they don't
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a freely accessible online kidney atlas. They are hopeful that scientists will use it to enginee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think you've seen it all: a seemingly ordinary picture emerged as the champion from a science pho
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 31, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new discovery is making scientists rethink everything they know about rare hereditary diseases. One genetic mechanism
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 26, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigators at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are revealing the mechanisms underlying anemia.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2018
Cancer
Polyphenols are known to have anti-oxidant properties - they prevent oxidation, which can lead to cell damage in the bod
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 06, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have applied all-optical ultrasound imaging in a “clinically realistic environment,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker