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A sickled red blood cell will live for 10 to 20 days before it is destroyed.

A normal red blood cell would have lived for about 120 days.

This is the cause of the anaemia in sickle cell anaemia patients, who typically live for about 45 years.

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Red blood cells usually live around 4 months, and white blood cells, about two weeks.

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The life span of the red blood cell to be 115-120 days.

The life span of red blood cell is not more than three days.

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Sickle cells last only 10-12 days

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120 days

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Do red blood cells have nuclei and how does this affect the lifespan of the cell?

The nuceli is ejected after the cell is formed. This affects not the life span, but the ability to make energy. The life span of a red blood cell is 120 days.


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These have a lifespan of 120 days?

We need more information to answer your question fully, however a red blood cell does have a life span around 100-120 days. But there are millions of organisms that might also have a 120 day life span.


Why do erythrocytes have a limited lifespan?

Actually red blood cells do not have the longest life span of circulating blood cells - that would be differentiated memory B lymphocytes. RBCs actually have a relatively short circulating life span (about 4 months on average) because they lose their nuclei and most cellular organelles when they mature. This means the cell cannot repair damage to the cell membrane and eventually the cell becomes too damaged to function and is removed by the spleen.


What structure do red blood cells lack that limits their life span?

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How often does the human body make new red blood cells?

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What is the normal life span of mature red blood cells?

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