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Lymphocytes
Lymphocytes: are one of the subtypes of white blood cell in a vertebrate's immune system. Lymphocytes include natural killer cells (which function in cell-mediated, cytotoxic innate immunity), T cells (for cell-mediated, cytotoxic adaptive immunity), and B cells (for humoral, antibody-driven adaptive immunity). They are the main type of cell found in lymph, which prompted the name "lymphocyte".
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JAN 22, 2016Immunology
Scientists discovered a process similar to apoptosis in T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells when they attack int ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2016Immunology
How exactly does our immune system “remember” certain pathogens so the response to an infection is more powe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2016Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2016Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2016Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2016Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2015Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2015Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2015Cardiology
A short polypeptide can manipulate monocytes to refrain from entering the tissues during inflammation. Finding the right ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2015Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2015Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Immunology
Leishmaniasis is an infection disease caused by the bite of infected sand flies, and it's usually found in tropical ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Immunology
Bats may be able to defend against pathogens differently than other mammals because their immunological first line of de ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2015Immunology
The H1N1 influenza caused a massive panic in 2009, and scientists may have an answer for why this strain of flu is so mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi ...NOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way of treating cancer may come in the form of an injectable gel. The “biogel” was developed in lab of ...NOV 21, 2015Cardiology
Neurofibromin is an important protein found in all of your cells that naturally suppresses tumor formation and is an ant ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Immunology
The pathology behind autoimmune disease is different than any other type of disease, since no outside agent is causing c ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2015Immunology
Extensive scrutinizing of the broadly neutralizing antibodies produced by individuals several years into an HIV infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2015Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 13, 2015Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes normally found in the body that play a role in inducing cell death in abnormal ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Immunology
Scientists discovered a process similar to apoptosis in T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells when they attack int
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2016
Immunology
How exactly does our immune system “remember” certain pathogens so the response to an infection is more powe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2016
Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2016
Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 06, 2016
Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2015
Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
A short polypeptide can manipulate monocytes to refrain from entering the tissues during inflammation. Finding the right
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2015
Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
Leishmaniasis is an infection disease caused by the bite of infected sand flies, and it's usually found in tropical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
Bats may be able to defend against pathogens differently than other mammals because their immunological first line of de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2015
Immunology
The H1N1 influenza caused a massive panic in 2009, and scientists may have an answer for why this strain of flu is so mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi
...
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way of treating cancer may come in the form of an injectable gel. The “biogel” was developed in lab of
...
NOV 21, 2015
Cardiology
Neurofibromin is an important protein found in all of your cells that naturally suppresses tumor formation and is an ant
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Immunology
The pathology behind autoimmune disease is different than any other type of disease, since no outside agent is causing c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2015
Immunology
Extensive scrutinizing of the broadly neutralizing antibodies produced by individuals several years into an HIV infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2015
Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 13, 2015
Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes normally found in the body that play a role in inducing cell death in abnormal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker