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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'Exhausted' immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it. Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response seen usually in immune cells, study in mice finds.

Immune cells identified as key players in brain health

Alzheimer's may be caused by immune cells thinking brain cells are bacteria, expert says

Alzheimer's Linked to Epigenetic Changes in Immune Cells Outside The Brain

When and how immune cells decide to form pathogen memories

Mice without immune cells show no SARS-CoV-2 symptoms

New Study: Immune Cells Move More Independently Than Previously Thought

How immune cells recognize their enemies

Influx of water and salts propel immune cells through the body

Riding the Wave: How Water and Salt Power Immune Cells Through the Body

Salty immune cells surrounding the brain linked to hypertension-induced dementia

Some Cancer Cells Steal Mitochondria from Immune Cells via Nanotubes

Converting brain immune cells into neurons helps mice recover after stroke

World-First Study Finds Immune Cells Crucial to Stopping Bowel Cancer

Study finds immune cells in older adults resemble those in newborns and children, but fall short in virus detection

'Lost' immune cells partly to blame for reduced vaccine response in older people

Scientists Discover Unexpected Function of Blood Immune Cells

Clearing Toxic Waste Linked to Alzheimer’s – Study Finds Game-Changing Way To Boost Brain Immune Cells

Exercise increases the number of immune cells in cancer patients