Explore the shape, structure, and movement of red blood cells under the microscope in this fascinating science clip.

Daniel Cressy’s groundbreaking gene therapy treatment is opening new possibilities for patients living with the inherited ...

Digital holographic microscopy (DHM) has emerged as a powerful, label-free technique for visualizing and analyzing biological samples. By extracting the intrinsic optical properties of red blood cells ...

Engineering red blood cells (RBCs) has been widely explored for drug delivery, imaging, vaccination, and other applications. However, effective strategies to directly engineer RBCs in vivo are still ...

Deep inside a small, windowless room at the University of California, Berkeley, two microscopes are quietly capturing some of the most detailed views of life ever recorded. Day and night, they collect ...

For patients with heart failure, blood pumps can be lifesaving. But the very forces that sustain circulation can also harm it, damaging red blood cells through hemolysis and compromising the body's ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry oxygen to tissues, even after shedding the vital structures they need to ...