In recognition of World Blood Donor Day, Methodist Hospital | Texsan is highlighting the work of laboratory professionals ...

Share on Pinterest Could lab-grown blood fill an important gap in blood availability? Image credit: Frank Molter/picture alliance via Getty Images. Blood plays a vital role in the health of the body, ...

Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans for the first time in a landmark clinical trial. Two patients in the U.K. have so far received tiny doses of the lab-grown blood as part of ...

For the first time ever, scientists have given patients red blood cells that were grown in a lab. This feat is part of a clinical trial in England looking into the safety of the cutting-edge technique ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

Using gut bacteria, scientists have come one step closer to "universal" donor blood, where any blood type can donate to any other. While people with type O blood are already universal donors, there ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Preparing properly for lab tests helps ensure your results are accurate and reliable. Some tests — like fasting cholesterol or fasting glucose — require ...

Scientists have transfused lab-made red blood cells into a human volunteer in a world-first trial that experts say has major potential for people with hard-to-match blood types or conditions such as ...

In a development that “could significantly improve treatment for people with blood disorders and rare blood types”, small amounts of lab-grown red blood cells were tested to see how they perform ...

Blood tests have become in recent years one of the greatest sources of anxiety for patients. In most cases there is no reason ...

Millions of patients walk out of primary-care offices each year with lab results that read “normal” while early signs of ...

Biomarker lab tests typically take a biological sample, like blood, to evaluate certain biomarkers, which are measurable indicators of your health. Whether you're checking your hormones, thyroid, or ...