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Red Blood Cells

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Study Pinpoints Age-Related Changes in Blood

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Red Cross : Number of people donating blood has dropped 40% over the past 20 years .

Red blood cells provide a window into how the body is aging, researchers say.

Red Blood Cells make up 80% of human cells and every minute they travel from the heart to peripheral caparies, delivering oxygen to organs.

Study: Age-related alterations in the arginine pathway in RBCs decrease.

This research highlights how understanding metabolic changes in RBCs can help improve transfusion strategies in the future, for example by modifying the solutions in which blood units are stored prior to transfusion. In the bigger picture, D’Alessandro said, studying RBCs gives scientists greater insight into how healthy aging is a function of metabolism and genetics. “Both potentially impact everything that relies on oxygen from responses to cancer to cardiovascular disease, from exercise performance to neurodegenerative diseases and so on,” he said..

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