The Life of a Red Blood Cell
By Billie Rubin
Red blood cells are born in the bone marrow of our large bones at a rate of 2 million every second! Our bone marrow is a heavy-duty erythropoietic ward.
Tag Archive: red blood cells
Iron (Fe) & the 56-day Deferral
Please note, there may be more current information available related to iron and blood donation. Visit our Iron and Blood Donation page for more. The 56-day interval between whole blood donations is not just to build up our red blood cell...
The Perfection of Red Blood Cells
Tweet By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center Red Blood Cells (RBCs) have some particularly unusual characteristics for a cell. For one, they have a biconcave shape, giving both sides a “scooped-in” appearance....
Groundhog Sees Shadow of His A & B Antibodies
Tweet By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center What does that mean?? Is there a blizzard coming? Cyclone? Mongoose? Groundhogs don’t even see very well so who knows why we rely on them...
How Long Do Red Blood Cells Live?
Tweet By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center A unit of red blood cells (RBCs) expires in 35 or 42 days because of the type of anticoagulant in the bag. But in real...
« Previous 1 2