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 ...

Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and ...

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) is a measurement of the average amount of hemoglobin within a red blood cell. MCH that's lower or higher than normal may indicate you have a condition such as ...

Both types of coagulation disorders can be dangerous. Bleeding can lead to blood loss, anemia (low red blood cells), and organ damage and may be life-threatening. Blood clots can interrupt blood flow, ...

Hemolytic anemia occurs when red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be replaced. The loss of red blood cells means that fewer are available to carry oxygen and nutrients to tissues or ...

There are several broad categories of blood cells, including red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets. Generally, leukemia refers to cancers of the WBCs. In leukemia ...

The rarest blood type is Rhnull. Unlike other blood types, people with Rhnull blood have no Rh antigens on their red blood cells. Healthcare professionals classify blood type according to the ...

This happens when the leukemia cells crowd out the normal blood-making cells in the bone marrow. As a result, people don't have enough normal red blood cells, white blood cells, and blood platelets.