In the February 27 issue, Professor Born rightly drew attention to the need to minimise waste in laboratories and cited as a specific example the destruction of scintillation vials after being ...

The red blood cells burst, releasing the parasite throughout the body. In 1949, British geneticist Anthony Allison found that the frequency of sickle cell carriers in tropical Africa was higher in ...

Men who had given blood more than 100 times in their life were more likely to have blood cells carrying certain beneficial mutations, suggesting that donating blood promotes the growth of these cells ...

Red blood cells placed in a solution with a higher water concentration compared to their contents (eg pure water) will gain water by osmosis, swell up and burst. Water will diffuse from a higher ...

These stem cells are the body’s blood factories, churning out red blood cells ... you’re going to have a burst of EPO in your ...

Hemolytic anemia occurs when red blood cells are broken up in the bloodstream or in the spleen. It may be due to mechanical problems (leaky heart valves or aneurysms), infections, autoimmune ...