Dr Miriam Stoppard on the news that a white blood cell, involved in battling infections, could cause type 1 diabetes, but ...

By learning from bats' hibernating abilities, scientists may pave the way for humans to traverse the cosmos. In the future, ...

The Kharkovchanka: a mobile fortress that braved the icy extremes of Antarctica. Built by the USSR to outdo American efforts, ...

A novel research tool uncovers the mechanisms behind how malaria-infected red blood cells adhere to blood vessel walls, ...

Research in biomedical laboratories has been changing significantly in recent years, to the point that test tubes have given ...

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye addresses some of the myths about blood transfusion and explains why it's important in managing ...

Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study analyzes the blood cells of bats (of both the hibernating and non-hibernating ...

Birmingham researchers identified a target to reduce the risk of graft-versus-host-disease post stem cell transplant ...

New advances allow scientists to study DNA, RNA, and gene activity in individual cells rather than in bulk tissue samples.

Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell disease. The trial is the first in the U.S. to apply non-viral CRISPR-Cas9 ...