Lab-grown red blood cells are not a new concept. But culturing enough of these cells in mass quantities was the main challenge. Now researchers from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and ...

Scientists investigating the causes of lymphoedema have made a major discovery, revealing that lymphatic vessels can produce red and white blood cells. Until now, it was believed that blood cells ...

Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates ...

Acetylcholine regulates blood flow, but the source of blood acetylcholine has been unclear. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that certain T cells in human blood can produce ...

A study published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics by a research team from Université Laval and Héma-Québec suggests it may be possible to produce in vitro red blood cells compatible with all ...

Share on Pinterest Rejuvenating old blood by blocking inflammation could be the key to slowing aging, new research suggests. Design by Medical News Today; photography by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

TANTALISING experiments that seem to have made human blood cells start producing insulin have raised the prospect of a new treatment for diabetes. Although the treatment has only been tried in mice so ...