Ultra running accelerates red blood cell ageing via inflammation and oxidation, mirroring blood bank storage damage.

A study suggests red blood cells can become more harmful to blood vessel function the longer someone lives with type 2 diabetes Newly diagnosed people did not show the same effect initially, but ...

"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of abnormal haemoglobin, which causes red blood cells to become rigid and sickle-shaped. These cells tend to clump ...

They discovered that the damaged red blood cells became stuck in the smallest blood vessels in the brain, called capillaries.