White blood cells (WBCs) or leukocytes form part of the body’s immune system and help defend the body against infection. They are characterized as granulocytes or agranulocytes. There are three ...

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

Penn researchers have developed a platform that emulates human bone marrow’s native environment. This breakthrough addresses ...

A recent study in zebrafish presents a potentially important new system for studying the process of stem cell biology and hematopoiesis, the process by which blood is produced. The zebrafish has ...

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to ...