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Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

They may also have lower numbers of other white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Doctors must order additional tests, including looking at blood cells under a microscope, to diagnose ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, Gustave Roussy and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to ...

Several trauma cases across the Ozarks led to a significant spike in usage, with more than 200 units of red blood cells, plasma, and platelets being transfused at just one hospital alone.

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell produced in bone marrow that play a crucial role in your immune system. There are several types—called T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells—that ...

It uses CRISPR/Cas9 to make a patient’s haematopoietic stem cells produce high levels of foetal haemoglobin (HbF) in red blood cells, by introducing a gene known as BCL11A which down-regulates ...

Blood and platelets are needed for accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients and those receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease, according to the ...

The blood test came back that his red blood cells were very low ... Within 30 minutes of eating this food, she went from her normal happy puppy self to whining, laying around, and not moving ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the U.S., affecting an estimated 100,000 people, researchers said in background notes. One in every 365 Black ...

CD4 T helper cells are a type of white blood cell called a lymphocyte that serves an important role in your immune system. These cells help defend the body against infection by directing other "killer ...