DARPA wants to know if modifying red blood cells can help warfighters "operate more effectively in dangerous or extreme ...

Healthy fresh red blood cells have a distinctive biconcave – or dumbbell – shape for efficient oxygen release. During refrigerated storage, red cells become energetically stressed and more ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

Red blood cells for example, have no nucleus, so they can hold more oxygen. They're also biconcave or disc-shaped to absorb oxygen more quickly and rounded to flow easily through tiny capillaries.

Mature red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes are specialized cells derived from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow.

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...