Because of their simpler structure, red blood cells are ideal for studying the skeleton that supports the membrane in all cells.

Because of their simpler structure, red blood cells are ideal for studying the skeleton that supports the membrane in all cells.

Your blood isn't the uniform river of red it appears to be. It's actually made up of many, varied cells. One class of blood cells is the platelets, which are small, and circulate throughout the ...

Scientists have discovered how red blood cells shape-shift to fit through the body’s tiniest blood vessels.

Scientists know that red blood cells undergo shape transformations in narrow blood vessels due to the presence of shear stresses. With increasing shear rate, the cells first tumble and roll, then ...

Children with aggressive blood cancers have differences—not just in the DNA code of their blood cells—but also in the heavily twisted protein superstructure that controls access to genes.

The destruction of red blood cells, or mechanical hemolysis, is an inevitable complication of interventional devices, so scientists want to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon ...