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Leukocytosis

Leukocytosis is defined as a condition where the white blood cell (WBC) count is increased.

Role of White Blood Cell Types in Heart Attacks

Role of White Blood Cell Types in Heart Attacks

Two different white blood cell types play opposing roles in affecting irregular heartbeats after heart attack while neutrophils promote and macrophages protect.

Increased WBC May Be Not Good In Brain Cancer

Increased WBC May Be Not Good In Brain Cancer

Neutrophils – a type of white blood cells are involved in causing cell death in a particular type of brain cancer, glioblastomas.

New Role of WBC in Brain Development Identified

New Role of WBC in Brain Development Identified

The white blood cells act as a go-between, by transferring information from the rest of the body to the brain environment. White blood cells accumulate as plaque in the brain during certain neurological conditions, but they also play an important role in normal brain development.

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Measuring WBC Function Offers Better Insights To Treat Sepsis Patients

Measuring WBC Function Offers Better Insights To Treat Sepsis Patients

Investigators develop advanced technology that can measure white blood cell activation and function, providing significantly more prognostic information about patients with sepsis.

White Blood Cell Trafficking to Spleen

White Blood Cell Trafficking to Spleen

Clever-1 (Common Lymphatic and Vascular Endothelial Receptor-1) molecule controls white blood cell trafficking to both mouse and human spleen.

New Portable Home Device can Monitor White Blood Cell Count

New Portable Home Device can Monitor White Blood Cell Count

The MIT research team brings new hope to patient’s receiving chemotherapy by offering a portable device that can monitor white blood cell count at home and take measures before it falls to dangerously low levels.

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Lung Cancer Treatment: White Blood Cell Boosting Drugs Found Safe For Chemoradiotherapy

Lung Cancer Treatment: White Blood Cell Boosting Drugs Found Safe For Chemoradiotherapy

White blood cell boosting drugs had no negative impact during concurrent chemo-radiotherapy for lung cancer, reveals study.

Scientists Discover Bird's White Blood Cell That Destroys Fatal Fungal Infection

Scientists Discover Bird's White Blood Cell That Destroys Fatal Fungal Infection

Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection.

Ability of White Blood Cells to Fight Infection in CGD Mice can be Improved by Deletion of a Protein

Ability of White Blood Cells to Fight Infection in CGD Mice can be Improved by Deletion of a Protein

Researchers suggest that removing a protein in white blood cells of mice suffering from chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) improved their ability of fighting against infections.

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Link Between Intestinal Bacteria and White Blood Cell Cancer Identified

Link Between Intestinal Bacteria and White Blood Cell Cancer Identified

Specific type of gut bacteria are major contributors to lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells that are part of the human immune system, say researchers.

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