White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes or leucocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders. All ...

Blood disorders affect millions of people worldwide, yet their potential to develop into blood cancers often goes ...

"We think that the opportunity here is to not broadly suppress the immune system for patients with autoimmune disease," Choi explains, "but reprogram the cells that are actually causing the disease." ...

Max's new medical drama The Pitt featured a patient experiencing intense pain from sickle cell disease, but the show didn't ...

Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude serious disease, physicians in all specialties continue to behave as if it did. To assess whether a ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered how a mutated gene kicks off a dangerous chain of ...

MGUS can turn into multiple myeloma. It also can turn into another blood disease, either: Amyloidosis Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (VAHL-den-strum MA-kroh-GLAH-byoo-lih-NEE-mee-uh). Waldenström’s ...

To date clinical studies often show a poor B cell-mediated antibody response after an infection or vaccination in those with ...