CD163 might not be the most exciting name in the world, but behind it lies one of the body's most important defense receptors ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and eight other institutions in the United States, Africa and Europe say they have ...

Anemia is when you have low levels of red blood cells. When this happens, your organs and tissues have a harder time getting oxygen. You may feel fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath.

Every second, an adult generates around five million new blood cells to replace aging or dying ones, making the blood system a highly regenerative organ.

Cell-free systems, which can express an easily detectable protein with a DNA or mRNA template without constraints of living ...

Anisopoikilocytosis is when you have red blood cells that are of different sizes and shapes. It has several possible causes. Results from a blood smear can also find mild anisopoikilocytosis.

This measures the levels of different types of blood cells, like red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Having this done “with differential” will break down the different types of ...

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a rare blood cancer that causes your body to make too many red blood cells. Extra cells may not sound like a problem, but they are. They thicken your blood, which means ...

Background Morgellons disease (MD) is a complex skin disorder characterized by ulcerating lesions that have protruding or embedded filaments. Many clinicians refer to this condition as delusional ...

As part of routine blood work: The MPV test is usually done as part of a CBC, which checks your red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Along with a platelet count and platelet distribution ...

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells. Normal plasma cells are found in the bone marrow (the soft, inner parts of certain bones where new blood cells are made). They are an important part of ...