Sentences with phrase «because older red blood cells»

Because older red blood cells have had more time to pick up sugar in the blood, they can potentially skew the A1C test result, which averages glucose across red blood cells of all ages in the bloodstream.

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It is normal for old red blood cells to break down, but the bilirubin formed does not usually cause jaundice because the liver metabolizes it and gets rid of it into the gut.

But when researchers injected Anas platyrhynchos ducklings at 4, 9, or 14 weeks old with red blood cells from sheep to simulate a parasitic infection, the birds — as adults — explored new items in their environment and approached small orange toys, a color they typically avoid because they seem to associate it with toxic food.