NHS Blood and Transplant Dec 22 2024 SCIENTISTS have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This test could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well as blood banking. The research is now published open access in eBioMedicine – part of the Lancet Discovery Science. Image Credit: NHS Blood and Transplant FlowScore- a formula developed at Oxford University in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant -