Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.

The circulatory system consists of one heart, five liters of blood, and approximately 96,000 kilometers of blood vessels, responsible for transporting nutrients and waste throughout the body. Water ...

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Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing.

They are spread between hosts by mosquitoes, spend some time maturing in liver cells, and then eventually end up inside red blood cells. Once there, the parasites proliferate, feasting on hemoglobin.

Once inside a human, the sporozoites reproduce asexually – basically making copies of themselves – inside liver cells and red blood cells. This is also where they transform into gametocytes again, ...

Nanoplastics in water hindered oxygen transport in zebrafish, underscoring their toxic impact on aquatic health.

Researchers studied the efficacy of hydroxyurea at reducing stroke risk in sickle cell anemia, the most common and severe ...

Red blood cells placed in a solution with the same water concentration as their cytoplasm (0.85 per cent salt solution) will not experience an overall change in volume. No osmosis occurs.