Sentences with phrase «when old red blood cells»

Bilirubin is one of the byproducts created when old red blood cells break down.

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Bilirubin is a yellow substance created when the body replaces old red blood cells with new ones causing yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes.

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.

In the rare, life - threatening disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), patients are stricken with chronic anemia and blood clots, when the oldest part of the immune system — known as complement — turns against its own red blood cells, or erythrocytes.

When I was six months old, doctors discovered that my bone marrow could not produce functioning red blood cells on its own.

Another type of anaemia seen in older dogs happens when the the production of antibodies kills the red blood cells resulting in an increased heartrate, weakness and difficulty breathing.