A new discovery about how the body makes red blood cells could lead to improved treatments for anemia. Share on Pinterest A new discovery about red blood cells may lead to new treatments for anemia.

The red-blood-cell-boosting hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which is used clinically to treat anemia and illegally by athletes to boost endurance, may also improve brainpower. According to research ...

Sportsmen and women have been known to dope with the blood hormone Epo to enhance their performance. Researchers have now discovered, through animal testing, that Epo has a performance-enhancing ...

More often then we’d like to admit, there are days when hitting the gym is the last thing we want to do. But now scientists say they’ve discovered a hormone that may actually motivate humans to ...

The increasingly common practice of using a synthetic form of the hormone EPO to maintain normal red blood cell levels in chronic kidney disease patients may increase cardiovascular risks, according ...

A newly-discovered hereditary mutation is responsible for an increased production of erythropoietin (EPO) in the blood. This mutation causes a messenger RNA (mRNA) that is not normally involved in the ...

Two things happen following a heart attack--necrosis (normal cell death) and apoptosis (programmed cell death) -- and both are bad. Now researchers in Japan have found that a single intravenous dose ...

Since 1989, physicians have prescribed the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) to combat anemia from blood loss, kidney failure, and cancer treatments. This compound orchestrates red blood cell production.

A new study has found that a hormone often used to reduce the need for blood transfusions may also prevent brain injuries in premature babies. The erythropoietin (EPO) hormone, responsible for ...

John A. Moran Eye Center researchers continue to shed new light on the potential of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) to treat eye disease. EPO increases red blood cell production, and is already used ...