which is primarily made up of plasma and red blood cells. The heart, a powerful muscle with four chambers, pumps oxygen-rich blood to the body and receives carbon dioxide-laden blood for ...

Further experiments with CRISPR-edited human HSCs and with mice suggested that the DNMT3A-related changes seen in frequent donors might be positive. The changes appeared to boost the cells’ ability to ...

Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and faculty member in the Department of Anatomy, recently led a study investigating ...

They found hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in human lung tissue that make red blood cells, as well as megakaryocytes, which produce the platelets that form blood clots. The findings appear Feb. 27 ...

CD163 is a macrophage receptor that clears hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes from blood, preventing oxidative damage and also ...

Finally, the team transplanted the human stem cells carrying the two ... grew normally in control conditions and promoted red blood cell production under stress, without cells becoming cancerous.

Nanoplastics in water hindered oxygen transport in zebrafish, underscoring their toxic impact on aquatic health.

Researchers have discovered genetic mutations in frequent blood donors that may promote the production of healthy cells ...

Scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that regulate the production of fetal hemoglobin in people of African ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

Polystyrene nanoparticles are widely used in consumer products. The researchers found that nanoparticle exposure alters red ...

To examine the impact of these red, blood cell-like forms ... but essential in shaping our understanding of both art and the human experience." This research builds upon the team's earlier ...