Representative light microscopy images of carbonaceous (black) particles adherent to red blood cells (red arrows) from healthy volunteers. Each image is from a different adult volunteer. Researchers ...

Nano-sized particles released by red blood cells reduce inflammation and fat deposition in immune cells, potentially paving the way for new methods of treating atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a ...

A study has demonstrated that nano-sized vesicles released by red blood cells are a viable platform for delivering immunotherapeutic RNA molecules to suppress breast cancer growth and metastasis. The ...

Hazel Muir speculates that the red particles responsible for the episodic discoloration of rain in the Indian state of Kerala in 2001 may be red blood cells from an as yet unidentified, but ...