Article: I know about white blood cells and how they eat germs and toxins. I've also learned about red blood cells, but I don't know what they do. What do red blood cells do?(Ask Doctor Cory)

Article: SCIENCE SCAN AMONG RED BLOOD CELLS THAT FAIL ...
BIOWORLD Today;  July 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... lead author of a paper in Science dated June 16, 2000. Its title: "Role of CD47 as a marker of self on red blood cells." Red blood cells (RBCs) normally don't wear MHC class 1 markers, but do sport CD47. The paper's co-authors showed ...

Article: Vitex Presents Data on the Behavior of West Nile Virus in Blood ...
PR Newswire;  November 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... inactivate West Nile (WN) virus in red blood cells at a public workshop sponsored ... for a long period of time in red blood cells stored under blood bank conditions ... plasma, white blood cells and red blood cells. Researchers studied the ...

Article: Pentose Demonstrates Utility of INACTINE(TM) For Viral ...
PR Newswire;  November 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... of INACTINE(TM)-treated red blood cells, which are scheduled to begin ... need for viral inactivation of red blood cells, the most critical component ... INACTINE(TM) Treatment of Red Blood Cells In the red blood cell studies ...

Article: Cerus and Baxter Report Positive Results in Trial of INTERCEPT ...
Business Wire;  October 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... results showed that INTERCEPT red blood cells were well tolerated and demonstrated ... recovery and survival performance to red blood cells which had not been treated with ... the performance of INTERCEPT red blood cells compared to untreated red ...

Article: Pentose Reports New Preclinical Data on INACTINE(TM) for Ex Vivo ...
PR Newswire;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... viruses that may be present in red blood cells for transfusion," said Samuel ... Pharmaceuticals. "Viral inactivation of red blood cells is particularly challenging ... the integrity and capability of red blood cells to perform their normal oxygen ...

Article: Red blood cells on reserve.(Director's ...
On Campus with Women;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... academic leadership from presidents and administrators, we know that faculty members are the academy's red blood cells. Just as red blood cells are the principal means of delivering oxygen to the body and removing its wastes, faculty oxygenate students ...

Article: Chiron and ZymeQuest(R) form Partnership for Enzyme Conversion Of ...
PR Newswire;  January 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... converts groups A, B and AB red blood cells to enzyme-converted group O (ECO(R)) red blood cells. Under the terms of the agreement ... group O and ECO inventory of red blood cells could have a significant logistical ...