Healthy fresh red blood cells have a distinctive biconcave—or dumbbell—shape for efficient oxygen release. During refrigerated storage, red cells become energetically stressed and more ...

MCHC is one of several calculations, or indices, in the CBC that help doctors understand the size, shape, and health of your red blood cells (RBCs). Specifically, MCHC equals the amount of ...

In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with ...

In someone who has SCD, the hemoglobin is abnormal, which causes the red blood cells to become hard and sticky and look like a C-shaped farm tool called a sickle. The sickle cells die early ...

causing it to clump and distort red blood cells into a sickle shape. Preserving fetal hemoglobin after birth at levels above 8% through gene editing is one critical, viable approach to saving more ...

causing red blood cells to become rigid and sickle-shaped. These abnormal cells can block blood flow and lead to various complications, including an increased risk of infections. The spleen ...