Learn more about platelets, small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding and serve other important purposes.

Their blood has high white blood cell counts, making it a potential source of antibacterial and antiviral compounds. Their blood is clear due to the absence of hemoglobin, allowing them to thrive in ...

A high monocyte count, referred to as monocytosis, occurs when the body is subject to acute or chronic inflammation caused by things like infections, trauma, medications, autoimmune diseases, and ...

Eosinophils follow a similar pathway and survive for three to five days. Basophils, making up just 1% of your white blood cells, have a normal count of between 15 and 50 per cubic millimeters (mm3).

When Treg cells are produced, they are trained to recognize specific peptides, including self-peptides from the body. When dendritic cells present a self-peptide, the peacekeeper Treg cells trained to ...

An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew Vaughn homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night to stop a four-game slide. The White Sox went ahead to stay with three runs in the seventh.

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...

and 630 miles of secondary walls — part of a bigger bill that includes the White House’s proposed tax breaks and spending cuts. Border lawmakers grill DHS Secretary Noem, suggest security ...

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