Immature ganulocytes, also called myeloblasts, are a type of young white blood cell. Unusual amounts of myeloblasts usually occur due to problems with bone marrow, such as certain types of blood ...

SAN ANTONIO – Thanks to efforts from doctors, researchers, health care providers and nonprofits such as Blood Cancer United, certain types of blood cancers are no longer the terminal diagnoses that ...

A therapy that would once have been considered a feat of science fiction has reversed aggressive and incurable blood cancers ...

A person with leukopenia has a low number of white blood cells, or leukocytes, in their blood. A low white blood cell count may make a person more likely to contract an infection. White blood cells ...

A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...

T cells, also known as lymphocytes, are a type of white blood cell that play an important role in the body's immune response.

A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...

From the moment they’re born, newborns — or, specifically, their immune systems — must learn to fight germs without harming their own tissues. In a new study, Yale researchers found that one type of ...

Just off the east coast of Puerto Rico lies the diminutive island of Cayo Santiago. The island boasts about 1,500 inhabitants and—since it is only 0.05 square miles—it is lucky that almost all of them ...

White blood cells can be super helpful, or they can make a problem worse: when faced with threats ranging from snake bites to covid infections, some white blood cells retaliate with a peculiar tactic: ...