More than 100 years ago, Dr. Karl Landsteiner discovered that not all red blood cells are alike. He found that, when different people's blood was mixed, it would often clump up and curdle, destroying ...

A simple blood test can reveal the geographic relationships among healthy cells surrounding a cancerous tumor, researchers at ...

Do you know your blood type? Find out so you can learn more about how it affects your heart health.

Blood cancers start when blood cells become cancerous and disrupt red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets, often beginning in bone marrow. The main blood cancer types include leukemia, ...

It develops from the abnormal multiplication of T cells, or T-lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell essential for immune system function. The specific treatment course and prognosis for T-cell ...

SAN ANTONIO – Thanks to efforts from doctors, researchers, health care providers and nonprofits such as Blood Cancer United, certain types of blood cancers are no longer the terminal diagnoses that ...

Sickle cell disease is inherited at birth when you receive related genes from both parents. One gene usually causes sickle cell trait (SCT), which often has no health problems. The main sickle cell ...