Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

Anemia is the medical term for a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells circulating in the bloodstream. Red blood cells ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

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Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or ...

Blood reaches tiny capillaries that have small holes in them to let some of the fluid escape or seep out into the tissues. Some small proteins are mixed with the lymphatic fluid, but red blood cells ...

All three were hooked up to machines that provided a readout of their vital signs, and all three were prepared to have a ...

This is an important study providing convincing evidence that increased blood pressure variability impairs myogenic tone and diminishes baroreceptor reflex. The study also provides evidence that blood ...

Using high-resolution laser-based imaging techniques, the researchers found microplastic-laden immune cells becoming lodged inside blood vessels in the cortex area of the brain. Obstructions in blood ...

Red blood cells (RBC) can be present in urine even when they are not visible to a person. Also known as hematuria, RBC in urine can indicate an infection, kidney disease, and other health conditions.

The global capillary blood collection devices market size is expected ... used to measure components such as white blood cells (WBCs), red blood cells (RBCs), hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelets.