One of medicine’s big mysteries is the bodily process that translates disease into death. One man who has been stubbornly looking for an answer is 43-year-old Dr. Melvin H. Knisely, a gaunt, tall (6 ...

Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout your body, including to vital organs and tissues. They also help your body get rid of carbon dioxide. Too little or too many red blood cells may be ...

The amino acid glutamine plays an unexpected role in erythropoiesis, the differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells into mature red blood cells. Ordinarily, glutamine is broken down by stem cells ...

A mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is a type of blood test that measures the size of your red blood cells. A low MCV means that your red blood cells are smaller than average, possibly indicating iron ...