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 ...

A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps ...

Created by microscopic artist David A. Lindon, the record-breaking sculpture measures just 0.00099 by 0.00086 inches and ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

Leukemia occurs due to a problem with blood cell production. It usually affects the leukocytes or white blood cells. Leukemia more often affects people aged over 55 years, but it is also the most ...

Leukopenia is when you have an abnormally low number of white blood cells (leukocytes). A low white blood cell count may or may not cause symptoms, but can result in serious health complications since ...

Sometimes, diseases or infections can cause low white blood cell counts. Increasing white blood cells involves treating the underlying cause, diet, medications, and supplementing vitamins.

Healthy bone marrow constantly supports your bone renewal and produces red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets. Diseases that affect bone marrow include leukemia, polycythemia ...

Anemia can be treated with an iron-rich diet, iron supplements, or blood transfusions. White blood cells are a vital part of the body’s immune system. When chemotherapy significantly lowers ...

Somehow, the various components of blood—red and white cells, platelets, and plasma—manage to perform an entire spectrum of life-promoting functions. In addition to picking up oxygen in the ...

The family are appealing for help to find a donor for Dolcie-Mae HLH is an immune deficiency disorder which happens when certain types of white blood cells, known as histiocytes and lymphocytes ...