The immune system consists of inflammatory and regulatory T cells (Tregs) that promote or dampen immune activity, respectively. These cells react to specific antigens that specialized cells like ...

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are investigating the viability and scalability of shelf-stable, freeze-dried red blood cells.

Scientists have developed a way to turn the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting agents—without removing them from ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry oxygen to tissues, even after shedding the vital structures they need to ...

Red blood cells modified with Nobel-prizewinning chemistry can snap together to form clots that staunch bleeding in seconds.

In a 2023 paper on hypoxia and glucose metabolism, our lab showed how organisms rewire their metabolism to adapt to low oxygen levels-such as those found at high altitudes. One of the most striking ...

A CAR-T therapy used to treat cancer managed to reset the immune system and bring three autoimmune diseases into remission in ...

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue located within the hollow center of bones, serving as the primary site for the continuous ...