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White Blood Cells
White blood cells are primarily involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign microorganisms. They are produced and derived from multipotent cells in the bone marrow known as hematopoietic stem cells and are a part of the immune system.
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MAR 09, 2016Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 03, 2016Videos
A fever is an abnormally high human body temperature. For most people, the normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahre ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 26, 2016Videos
Pimples are nasty little things you can get on your skin as pores become clogged with dead skin cells and dirt. Unfortun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs ...FEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 10, 2016Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 30, 2016Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJAN 21, 2016Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 19, 2016Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 15, 2015Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 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 02, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Synthetic Biologics Inc., developed an antibody- ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2015Videos
Charlie Sheen, 50, recently divulged on national television that he is HIV positive. Along with personal recounts of his ...NOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 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 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...NOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
When you breathe in or ingest pathogens from the environment, the mucus in your saliva is the immune system's first ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 24, 2015Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2016
Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 03, 2016
Videos
A fever is an abnormally high human body temperature. For most people, the normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahre
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 26, 2016
Videos
Pimples are nasty little things you can get on your skin as pores become clogged with dead skin cells and dirt. Unfortun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs
...
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 10, 2016
Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 30, 2016
Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 21, 2016
Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 02, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Synthetic Biologics Inc., developed an antibody-
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2015
Videos
Charlie Sheen, 50, recently divulged on national television that he is HIV positive. Along with personal recounts of his
...
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
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 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
When you breathe in or ingest pathogens from the environment, the mucus in your saliva is the immune system's first
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker