The major blood types include the ABO system, with types A, B, AB, or O, and the Rhesus (Rh) system, which denotes Rh ...

The red blood cell (RBC) count is a test that measures the number of oxygen-carrying blood cells in your blood. An abnormal RBC test result is often the first sign of an illness. A high red blood cell ...

The cost of new gene-based sickle cell treatments isn’t the only barrier to access. Coming up with new ways to treat the ...

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According to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, the gap between those who need blood and those who donate is strikingly wide ...

Thein Swee Lay and Stuart Orkin received the Shaw Prize for Life Sciences and Medicine for research into treatment for sickle ...

Victim Rahaan Amin (pictured), 16, was high on laughing gas in West Ham Park, east London , when the masked killer, who ...

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IDF only military in the world currently performing procedure pioneered by US army; while no proof yet to declare it a ...

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited disorders in which red blood cells — normally round — become hard, sticky and ...

The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is urging people to give the gift of life. It is promoting its winter appeal campaign, ...

Metformin lowers blood glucose levels by decreasing glucose production in the liver. It also reduces intestinal absorption ...