Technique doubles the red blood cells donors can give The Oregonian
Red Cross officials say a new technique will allow them to collect more blood per donor -- particularly of the versatile type O, which can be given to anyone with any other blood type.
Blood exchange program giving sickle-cell patients better life Macon Telegraph
Once a month and sometimes more often, children across Middle Georgia take part in one of the most unusual - and successful - sickle-cell treatment programs in the country.
Allina Selects the American Red Cross Blood Services to Provide Blood and Specialized Laboratory Services for 10 PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Allina Hospitals & Clinics and the American Red Cross Blood Services have finalized a three- year agreement in which the Red Cross will supply blood and specialized laboratory services to Allina's nine Minnesota hospitals and one River Falls, Wis. hospital.
Cord-blood bank gets more exposure Telegraph-Forum
More parents are choosing to drain and store stem cell-rich blood from their baby's umbilical cord and placenta at birth. Blood storage has become a boon industry for private companies such as Cord Blood Registry, which operates the nation's largest private cord-blood bank.
Allina Selects the American Red Cross Blood Services to Provide Blood and Specialized Laboratory Services for 10 RedNova
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Xenon Enters Into Anemia Collaboration With Roche CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
Xenon today announced a partnership with Roche to discover and develop protein therapeutics targeting hemojuvelin as a novel approach for the treatment of anemia of inflammation. Xenon discovered HJV as the defective protein underlying Juvenile Hemochromatosis and this protein appears to play an important role in the regulation and availability of iron for red blood cell production.
Studies at cancer conference show new therapies changing outlook for blood cancer patients EurekAlert!
Orlando, FL and North Hollywood, CA, December 8, 2006 -- The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) – conducting research and providing education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians – today noted that multiple studies presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) illustrate the breadth of the gains being made in the
Red Sox's Lester to end chemotherapy Reuters via Yahoo! News
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, a promising left-handed rookie diagnosed with cancer last season, said on Tuesday he would end chemotherapy after a sixth treatment this month before reporting for spring training.
Cell Phone Use Not Linked To Cancer Risk Science Daily
Long- or short-term cell phone use is not associated with increased cancer risk, according to a study in the Dec. 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Health Tip: What's an A1c Test? HealthDay via Yahoo! News
(HealthDay News) -- Even though many diabetics check their blood sugar at home each day, it's important for a doctor to monitor a person's long-term control of the disease.

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Plasma is the liquid portion of the blood. Blood cells like red blood cells float in the The cellular portion of blood contains red blood cells (RBCs),
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Red blood cells are made in the bone marrow. They start out with a nucleus, like other cells, but when they fill up with hemoglobin the nucleus is squished
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The abbreviation for red blood cells is RBCs. Red blood cells are sometime simply called red cells. They are also called erythrocytes or, rarely today,
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red blood cell n. ( Abbr. RBC ) A cell in the blood of vertebrates that ports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
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