Lymphocytes are white blood cells that help the body fight infection and disease. The healthy range for an adult is between 1,000 and 4,800 lymphocytes per microliter (µL) of blood. Doctors will ...

Your spleen might not get the glory of organs like your heart or brain, but its contributions to your immune system are ...

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cell–derived exosomes demonstrated the ability to alter healthy donor cell function and ...

What Is Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma? Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a "lymphocyte," which helps your body fight infection. You may hear ...

Adoptive Cell Transfer (ACT) includes a class of immunotherapy approaches to treat cancer.  This procedure focuses on a ...

Researchers have identified that an enzyme involved in lipid metabolism speeds up the immune system changes associated with ...

In septic mice, prevention of lymphocyte cell death was associated with a marked reduction in blood bacterial counts. Lymphocytes acted within the initial 24 h of sepsis, which indicates a key ...

Fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, is reportedly getting treated for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia—a kind of blood cancer that does not have any treatments as of now. Doctors ...

Dr. Laura Finn brings new treatment options to Louisiana using genetically altered cells to treat blood cancer patients. Here ...

KSQ-004EX is being evaluated in solid tumors including melanoma, non-small cell lung, head and neck, colorectal, pancreatic ...

New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood cancers.