We all know blood is red. But not all red blood is created equal. The exact shade of your blood can actually tell you a lot about what’s happening inside your body. And while you might not spend much ...

Polychromasia refers to the different colors your red blood cells (RBCs) appear under a microscope. It's not a diagnosis but anemia, infection, blood loss, or cancer can cause polychromasia. These ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs around the body. They then carry carbon dioxide from around the body back to the lungs. These cells are an important component of blood. However, a range of ...

The CytoDiffusion classifier analyses the shape and structure of blood cells to detect abnormalities that may indicate blood ...

“Left vs. Right= non vax vs. VAX,” read the post, which also featured two bags of what appeared to be differently red-hued bags of blood that looked “like a bag of blood clots.” Some users used the ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the life-shortening blood disease sickle cell anemia affects about ...

It has only recently become known that two parallel systems of blood formation exist in the body, originating from different ...