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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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JAN 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 LeitchOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that our immune system has a surprising helper: droplets of fat that sit inside cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2020Cancer
Much like how a car needs gasoline to run, cells also need a fuel source. Most human cells in the body use oxidative pho ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 06, 2020Immunology
University of Manchester immunologists are the first to make an interesting observation about the white blood cells of p ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 23, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons. ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes. They work to protect the chromosomes from degradation, and are known to get short ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequences of some genes affect the characteristics of blood cells, and may contribute to an individ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2018, obesity impacted about 42% of American adul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Cardiology
Kawasaki disease is a rare cardiovascular disease affecting children under the age of five. If untreated, there is a cha ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The brain is protected by a protective shield called the blood-brain barrier, which only allows certain things to pass t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that our immune system has a surprising helper: droplets of fat that sit inside cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2020
Cancer
Much like how a car needs gasoline to run, cells also need a fuel source. Most human cells in the body use oxidative pho
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 06, 2020
Immunology
University of Manchester immunologists are the first to make an interesting observation about the white blood cells of p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 23, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes. They work to protect the chromosomes from degradation, and are known to get short
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequences of some genes affect the characteristics of blood cells, and may contribute to an individ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2018, obesity impacted about 42% of American adul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Cardiology
Kawasaki disease is a rare cardiovascular disease affecting children under the age of five. If untreated, there is a cha
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The brain is protected by a protective shield called the blood-brain barrier, which only allows certain things to pass t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch