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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Fatal genetic disorder treated by replacing the brain's immune cells

Scientists uncover immune cells that help prostate cancer resist treatment — and reveal a way to stop them - EurekAlert!

Releasing a molecular ‘brake’ may help immune cells better fight cancer - EurekAlert!

New clues to how immune cells fight – and are fooled by – malaria - EurekAlert!

Your Own Immune Cells Could Be Involved in Parkinson’s

Researchers unveil the immune cells responsible for systemic sclerosis’s deadliest complications - EurekAlert!

Exercise during chemotherapy may help immune cells fight cancer – patients invited to join new trial - EurekAlert!

Immune cells can make female deer grow antlers

Survival trick: Pathogen taps iron source in immune cells

'Rogue' immune cells explain why a gluten-free diet fails in some Celiac patients

CDI lab demonstrates key molecular factor in exhaustion of immune cells - with treatment implications - EurekAlert!

New Study Shows How Monocytes Can Transform into Microglia, Replacing Brain Immune Cells

Immune cells drive congenital paralysis disease - EurekAlert!

Immune cells drive congenital paralysis disease

Tumor byproduct blocks immune cells from fighting cancer - EurekAlert!

Equipping living cells with logic gates to fight cancer. Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is giving immune cells the ability to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells.

Could Food Allergies Be Reversed? These Immune Cells May Hold the Key

New Alzheimer’s Target Found: Brain’s Immune Cells Hold the Key

Master switch gene can turn immune cells into cancer eradicators

Potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutic target identified in brain immune cells