A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...

Researchers at Columbia University have identified a switch that turns on the rapid production of blood cells in emergency ...

From the moment they’re born, newborns — or, specifically, their immune systems — must learn to fight germs without harming their own tissues. In a new study, Yale researchers found that one type of ...

Blood cells are a major component of blood that make up a majority of its total volume. They originate in the bone marrow from stem cells. Blood cells can be broken down in three different subsets ...

Healthy sleep and regular exercise can work to counteract genetic mutations in white blood cells that are associated with cardiovascular disease and are most common among older people, Mount Sinai ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...