All white blood cells are produced by your bone marrow, and are then released in your bloodstream as well as lymph fluids. White blood cells are microscopic and spherical shaped.

White blood cells fight infection. If someone has a high white blood cell count, they may have an underlying condition, such as an infection or cancer. Learn more.

They make up to 12% of the White Blood cell count, and their job is to clean up all the dead cells in the body. Eosinophils These cells are known for fighting parasites and infections caused by ...

Leukocytosis is when you have too many white blood cells. Learn about leukocytosis, including what causes it, how it is diagnosed, and which conditions are associated with it.

White blood cells, the cells of our immune system, fight against cancer, bacteria, and viruses. However, not all white blood cells destroy cancer cells and some can even promote cancer growth.

CAR T cell immunotherapies work by manipulating a patient’s own disease-fighting white blood cells called T cells and then infusing them back into the body to fight cancer.

The other 99% of your white blood cells are made up of neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes. Basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils all contain granules, but basophils have the most.

In ALL, the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes, which are another type of white blood cell. This article outlines the difference between AML and ALL, as well as their associated risk factors ...

Then there’s pyroptosis, first observed in 1992 among white blood cells infected with dysentery bacteria and christened in 2001. This is “the screaming, ...