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, ...

"Where kids and students and families will be able to see how an artery works, with red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, all the different layers," said Sonia Gandiaga, executive ...

Researchers have developed a method to confidently produce blood cell precursors from stem cells in mice, by activating a set of seven key genes in the laboratory. The team takes a step forward ...