Creating the smash horror hit ‘Sinners’ required battles in the Louisiana bayou, wrangling alligators (who weren’t part of the movie) and learning how to swim in pools of sticky red stuff.

Imagine a world where every blood donation could save any life and there is no need to match blood types, and no delay in treatment. That world is no longer just science fiction. Thanks to ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

In a pair of fluorescent-lit rooms on both sides of the Atlantic, the guinea pigs awaited their fate. They were not literally guinea pigs. Two were lightly sedated, extremely fluffy white rabbits ...

Years ago, my dad gave me a book, one that looked like the kind of paperback you’d pull off a spinner rack or pick up with a bag of Chex Mix at the airport. With its big knife on the cover, it was an ...

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