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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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MAY 11, 2021Immunology
Researchers have discovered how a glitch in the brain’s immune system can inadvertently cause an accelerated growt ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 05, 2021Immunology
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become a common technique over the past two decades. Now, the technique has been ado ...Written By: Caroline WallaceAPR 17, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Duke University worked on creating a self-assembling nanomaterial-based drug that can help address damage ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 05, 2021Cannabis Sciences
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New research stemming from Osaka University reports identifying the mechanism by which hematopoietic stem and progenitor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2021Immunology
Macrophages are a type of immune cell that can detect and destruct bacteria, viruses, and harmful materials. They a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Naturally occurring chemicals make more appealing medicines for many people, but there is not always evidence that they' ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2021Immunology
For prostate cancer patients, androgen deprivation therapy or ADT is a standard treatment aimed at stalling the growth o ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 05, 2021Immunology
COVID symptoms. “As it is often the case for pathogenic infections, the host immune system is a key player in vira ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 25, 2020Immunology
Sitting down to enjoy an indulgent Christmas feast? A recent study in mice by Harvard Medicine scientists found t ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 23, 2020Immunology
Once the coronavirus enters the body, the immune system springs into action, producing antibodies that bind to and neutr ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
At one time, researchers knew that various forms of RNA served a few different critical roles in the creation of protein ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
After we are exposed to a pathogen or in the case of vaccines, a portion of a pathogen, our body mounts an immune respon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham in the UK have found that otilimab can reduce infla ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2020Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 17, 2020Immunology
Last year, around 1.7 million people became infected with HIV, with around half of these being women. Encouraging result ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 04, 2020Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Neutrophils are an abundant type of white blood cell that circulate in the blood that can provide a general defense aga ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2021
Immunology
Researchers have discovered how a glitch in the brain’s immune system can inadvertently cause an accelerated growt
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 05, 2021
Immunology
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become a common technique over the past two decades. Now, the technique has been ado
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
APR 17, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Duke University worked on creating a self-assembling nanomaterial-based drug that can help address damage
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 05, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Increasingly, cannabis is being hailed as a wonderdrug- treating ailments from pain to inflammation and even COVID-
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic diseases arise from inborn errors in gene sequences, and researchers have long sought ways to correct those erro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies can heal many injuries we endure, and while the process often works well, problems can also arise. After abdo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2021
Cancer
New research stemming from Osaka University reports identifying the mechanism by which hematopoietic stem and progenitor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2021
Immunology
Macrophages are a type of immune cell that can detect and destruct bacteria, viruses, and harmful materials. They a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Naturally occurring chemicals make more appealing medicines for many people, but there is not always evidence that they'
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2021
Immunology
For prostate cancer patients, androgen deprivation therapy or ADT is a standard treatment aimed at stalling the growth o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 05, 2021
Immunology
COVID symptoms. “As it is often the case for pathogenic infections, the host immune system is a key player in vira
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 25, 2020
Immunology
Sitting down to enjoy an indulgent Christmas feast? A recent study in mice by Harvard Medicine scientists found t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 23, 2020
Immunology
Once the coronavirus enters the body, the immune system springs into action, producing antibodies that bind to and neutr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
At one time, researchers knew that various forms of RNA served a few different critical roles in the creation of protein
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
After we are exposed to a pathogen or in the case of vaccines, a portion of a pathogen, our body mounts an immune respon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham in the UK have found that otilimab can reduce infla
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2020
Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 17, 2020
Immunology
Last year, around 1.7 million people became infected with HIV, with around half of these being women. Encouraging result
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neutrophils are an abundant type of white blood cell that circulate in the blood that can provide a general defense aga
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch