BOSTON - Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your latest health questions. If you have a question, email her or message her on Facebook or X (formerly known as Twitter). White blood cells or WBCs make ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs around the body. They then carry carbon dioxide from around the body back to the lungs. These cells are an important component of blood. However, a range of ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

Red blood cells are essential for oxygen transport and immune function in the human body. When these cells become abnormally shaped, they can indicate serious health conditions, including diabetes, ...

An AI tool that can analyze abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukemia are ...

In his lab, Yuxiang Zhu leaned over a softly humming 3D printer, his face lit by the faint glow of a nearby monitor. Beneath the printer's nozzle, a thick blend of seaweed-derived sodium alginate and ...

CHICAGO — A big breakthrough in cancer research and it’s all due to a tiny structure. The science was developed in Chicago. They took an old drug and made it better. The restructured drug appears to ...