Healthy red blood cells are puffy with a dimpled middle. “It’s just a really cool shape,” says Velia Fowler, a cell biologist at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. For decades, researchers ...

Erythrocyte RBC; a nonnucleated biconcave disk approximately 7 µm in diameter, containing hemoglobin. The characteristic shape and flexible lipid membrane facilitate passage through narrow ...

Erythrocyte RBC; a nonnucleated biconcave disk approximately 7 µm in diameter, containing hemoglobin. The characteristic shape and flexible lipid membrane facilitate passage through narrow ...