Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these functions, blood contains a multitude of components, including red blood cells that transport oxygen, nutrients and ...

World Blood Donor Day is observed every year on June 14 to raise awareness about the importance of safe blood donation and to thank voluntary donors for their contributions. The day also highlights ...

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is ...

A phase 3 trial of patients with trauma suggested that prehospital transfusion with low-titer group O whole blood was not associated with reduced 30-day mortality compared with prehospital transfusion ...

Jason Sperry, M.D., M.P.H., chief of trauma surgery at UPMC and Andrew B. Peitzman Professor of Surgery in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Giving whole blood or the component parts of ...

Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical technicians to use in treating patients with severe, traumatic bleeding before ...

Almost all animal species -- including humans -- have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this ...