Red blood cells are a glucose sponge (IMAGE)

Arc Institute

Red blood cells are a glucose sponge

Caption

This illustration depcits the study's central finding that red blood cells act as a previously unrecognized sink for blood glucose, absorbing sugar from the bloodstream at a scale that can influence whole-body metabolism.

Credit

Chiara Ricci-Tam

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