White blood cells can be super helpful, or they can make a problem worse: when faced with threats ranging from snake bites to ...
Everyone knows that the immune system is responsible for fighting off illnesses, but you might not know that it's doing a lot ...
Pioglitazone, a medication approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes, can help bypass genetic defects in chronic granulomatous disease to help white blood cells fight bacterial infections, according ...
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 ...