Every second, an adult generates around five million new blood cells to replace aging or dying ones, making the blood system a highly regenerative organ.

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

A research team led by Mount Sinai has uncovered mechanisms of abnormal immune cell function that may lead to Crohn's disease ...

WM cells have features of both plasma cells and lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are one of the main types of white blood cells in the immune system. They include T cells and B cells, and they are in many ...

The four-month-old is now waiting one hundred days to find out if the transplant was a success.

The immune system, made up of cells, tissues, and organs, protects against illnesses. It has innate and acquired immunity.

Bringing home a new baby can be stressful, joyful and all around overwhelming. All you want to do is protect them from ...

White blood cells circulate in the blood and ... Some stay in the marrow and develop into B lymphocytes (B cells); others travel to the thymus and become T lymphocytes (T cells).

Lymphocytes that are changed because of ... can cause tumor lysis syndrome in people with very high white blood cell counts. Tumor lysis syndrome is when the contents of dead CLL cells overwhelm ...

Alterations in lymphocytes, white blood cells that orchestrate the adaptive immune response, tend to have an impact on other immune system cells, triggering a cascade effect. “In previous studies, we ...

Hemolytic anemia occurs when red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be replaced. The loss of red blood cells means that fewer are available to carry oxygen and nutrients to tissues or ...