| Her current white blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell indices are all normal. |
| In comparison, current optical microscopes can only make out details down to one-tenth the diameter of a red blood cell, or about 400 nanometers. |
| The deformation of the human erythrocyte or red blood cell has been the topic of detailed investigation for many decades. |
| It also deforms the shape of the red blood cell enough that it's destroyed by the body, thus the anemia. |
| Many people know that stem cells can grow into virtually any cell type found in the body, from a red blood cell to a muscle cell to a brain cell. |
| For example a blood stem cell will go on to become a red blood cell, platelet or white blood cell. |
