Specifically, it starts in a type of bone marrow cell called lymphocytes. (That’s what the first “L” in CLL and ALL refers to.) Lymphocytes become a type of white blood cell, which helps ...

A bout 8 to 10 million Americans over age 40 have an overabundance of cloned white blood cells, or lymphocytes, that hamper ...

Lymphocytes are white blood cells that have important immune functions. The main populations of lymphocytes are B cells, T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. They are typically (although not ...

Stage 4 is the most advanced stage of lymphoma, a type of cancer that occurs in white blood cells called lymphocytes. At stage 4, the disease is widespread in the lymphatic system, bone marrow ...

Survival rates for this rapidly growing and aggressive type of blood cancer are high ... B-ALL arises when B-lymphocytes—the ...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune ...

White blood cell Defend the body against disease. Large cells that contain a nucleus. There are 2 types: Lymphocytes – make antibodies. Phagocytes – engulf and digest microorganisms.

Higher levels of leukocytes -- a form of white blood cell -- are associated with more severe symptoms of long COVID among ...

Dolcie-Mae Edwards-Raymond, from Newport, was just four weeks old when her parents were told she has hemophagocytic ...

Dolcie-Mae Edwards-Raymond was diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocystosis (HLH) shortly after she was born and will ...