The Kraft Family Blood Donor Center faces a severe shortage, impacting patient care at Dana-Farber and Brigham & Women’s ...

Myelosuppression, or bone marrow suppression, is defined as a decrease in the ability of the bone marrow to produce blood cells. This may result in a lack of red blood cells (anemia), white blood ...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are blood cancers that reduce healthy blood cell production, leading to anemia, bleeding, fatigue, and frequent infections. Treatments target the affected blood counts, ...

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Q: My friend says his uncle is being treated for a disease where he has too much blood and he gets "bloodletting’" every other day, like in the Middle Ages. Is there really such a thing, or is he ...

Whether you are donating blood for the first time or are a repeat donor, every donation matters and makes an enormous ...

Winter weather has disrupted blood and platelet collections at LifeShare Blood Center, creating supply challenges for ...

Like whole blood for transplants, platelets are perpetually in short supply. But these sticky cell fragments come with an added challenge—while whole blood can be kept for as long as 35 days after ...

Winter weather has caused a dramatic drop in blood and platelet donations, straining LifeShare and other blood centers, and creating a need for more donations to meet hospital demand.