Running extreme distances may strain more than just muscles and joints. New research suggests ultramarathons can alter red blood cells in ways that make them less flexible and more prone to breakdown, ...

After a long trail race, some of your red blood cells may not bend the way they should. That matters because red blood cells have a tight job description.

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of kidney failure. It damages the kidneys through a slow, progressive process that primarily targets the organs' delicate filtering systems.

"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...

Ultra running accelerates red blood cell ageing via inflammation and oxidation, mirroring blood bank storage damage.

Researchers developed super-resolution functional photoacoustic microscopy to track single red blood cells in mouse brains, advancing study of cerebral small vessel disease.

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