Certain cancers can cause high white blood cell (WBCs) counts, or in some cases, low levels. WBCs, also called leukocytes, are immune system cells that fight pathogens in your body. A high white blood ...

Here’s how it works. It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a decent while now, which isn't helped by the fact it's been over two years since we heard anything official ...

Experimental and Translational Immunology, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. *Corresponding Author: Sine R. Hadrup, Department of Health ...

Objectives: Previous observational epidemiological studies have identified a potential association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and sarcoidosis. Nonetheless, the precise biological ...

This protein was originally described in bile ducts of liver as biliary glycoprotein. Subsequently, it was found to be a cell-cell adhesion molecule detected on leukocytes, epithelia, and endothelia.

For years, Amanda Smith and her husband were jolted awake at night by a buzz-buzz-beep — an alarm warning that her blood sugar was too high or too low. She would reach for juice boxes stored in ...

Here’s how it works. Everything alive today descends from a cell that lived 4.2 billion years ago, just a few hundred million years after Earth formed, new research suggests. That last universal ...

or to early surgical intervention (e.g., biliary atresia, choledochal cyst), (ii) institute treatment directed toward enhancing bile flow, and (iii) prevent and treat the varied medical, nutritional, ...

With research still ongoing, using stem cell hair transplants as a way to regenerate hair growth looks promising. The procedure, however, is not yet FDA approved. A stem cell hair transplant is ...

These include germs such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, and toxins (chemicals made by microbes). The immune system is made up of different organs, cells, and proteins that work together. There are 2 ...

A tandem signaling process turns ordinary cells into an efficient cleanup crew. Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by ...