Immune Cells

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

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How immune cells “sniff out” pathogens - EurekAlert

New Research Reveals That Your Immune Cells Could Help You Lose Weight

Researchers make glioblastoma cells visible to attacking immune cells - EurekAlert

Researchers make glioblastoma cells visible to attacking immune cells

New Discovery Reveals How Ovarian Cancer Starves Immune Cells

Study links methylmalonic acid to weakening of immune cells in lung cancer

How ovarian cancer disables immune cells

Discovery finds how ovarian cancer disables immune cells - EurekAlert

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The study of immune cells helps improve monitoring of rejection risk in kidney transplants - EurekAlert

This biophysicist’s work could one day let doctors control immune cells

Fever drives enhanced activity, mitochondrial damage in immune cells

Fever drives enhanced activity, mitochondrial damage in immune cells - EurekAlert

Gut microbiome influences location of immune cells, study finds

Immune cells prevent lung healing after viral infection

Microglia: How the brain’s immune cells may be causing dementia

Immune cells have a metabolic backup plan for accessing their anti-cancer playbook

An appetizer can stimulate immune cells' appetite, a boon for cancer treatments

Drug bypasses suppressive immune cells to unleash immunotherapy