Whitehead Institute scientists have genetically and enzymatically modified red blood cells to carry a range of valuable payloads—from drugs, to vaccines, to imaging agents—for delivery to sp... Read more
The biggest challenge has been quickly examining billions of rapidly moving blood cells in a sample Cells that break away from a cancerous tumor and circulate in the bloodstream are a seriou... Read more
Automatically detect cells within seconds Ordinarily, red blood cells should look like a disc with a medium-sized dimple on the top and bottom. If that dimple is either too large or too smal... Read more
The research team cautions that the work, done only in the laboratory, is years away from clinical use in patients Using a patient’s own stem cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins have c... Read more
Overly-viscous blood can damage blood vessels and lead to heart attacks. Therefore, people who are at risk of heart attacks take medications such as Aspirin, in order to thin their blood. Su... Read more