Human bodies make 2 million red blood cells per second. They each live for 120 days and spend that time zooming completely around the body every 20 seconds, carrying oxygen from the lungs to other ...

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 spherical, ...

Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked as a freelance editor and writer, a writer at the Simons Foundation, and a web producer at Science News, among other ...

With sickle cell disease, red blood cells become hard and sticky, looking like a C-shaped farm tool called a “sickle.” Unlike typical red blood cells that are round, sickle cells have trouble passing ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and Arkansas is stepping up to the plate with a series of events aimed at supporting those affected by the di ...

Going to the movies, hanging out with friends, playing video games — Jamal Bailey is your typical young adult who likes ...