• Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 25th, 2014
Sleeping Sickness Is an Actual Disease Caused by a Parasite, Can Be Deadly

Sleeping Sickness Is an Actual Disease Caused by a Parasite, Can Be Deadly

The parasite sets up camp in a victim's bloodstream, affects the central nervous system and triggers a coma-like state

Iron in Fossils May Help with Recovering Ancient Tissues

Iron in Fossils May Help with Recovering Ancient Tissues

The element could be making fossils harder to find at the same time

Custom-Made Blue Blood Keeps Octopuses Alive in Sub-Zero Temperatures

Custom-Made Blue Blood Keeps Octopuses Alive in Sub-Zero Temperatures

Octopuses can survive in the freezing waters of the Antarctic, researchers explain why

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 8th, 2013
Fish with Transparent Blood Goes on Display in Japan

Fish with Transparent Blood Goes on Display in Japan

The specimen has no hemoglobin and an unusually large heart, researchers say

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 26th, 2010
Moles' Adaptations to Living Underground

Moles' Adaptations to Living Underground

Their blood is a fascinating topic for research

Tibetans Are Genetically Adapted to Their Country

Tibetans Are Genetically Adapted to Their Country

So that they can survive its thin air

Two RNA Molecules Keep Red Blood Cell Production Up

Two RNA Molecules Keep Red Blood Cell Production Up

Two million of these cells are produced each second

Mammoths' Hemoglobin Engineered in the Lab

Mammoths' Hemoglobin Engineered in the Lab

Inside Escherichia coli bacterial cultures

Diffraction Phase Microscopy Can 'See' Red Blood Cells Membranes

Diffraction Phase Microscopy Can 'See' Red Blood Cells Membranes

This helps researchers gain more insight into these structures

Artificial-Blood Research Progresses

Artificial-Blood Research Progresses

British scientists advance existing knowledge

Fluorescent Red Blood Cells Created from Stem Cells

Fluorescent Red Blood Cells Created from Stem Cells

The stem cells only glow when they turn into RBCs

Soon, Artificial Blood

Soon, Artificial Blood

Made of polyethylene glycol

  • Nature
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • December 12th, 2007
Why Can Penguins Dive so Deep?

Why Can Penguins Dive so Deep?

A special type of hemoglobin

Why Are Human Feces Brown?

Why Are Human Feces Brown?

Due to degradation products of hemoglobin