Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...

Human bodies make 2 million red blood cells per second. They each live for 120 days and spend that time zooming completely around the body every 20 seconds, carrying oxygen from the lungs to other ...

Type 2 diabetes becomes more dangerous to the heart the longer a person has it. Researchers found that after several years, ...

While research has uncovered many details about how blood cells function within bone marrow, the work of other cells existing in that space remained a relative mystery. Now, researchers from the ...

It is well known that type 2 diabetes raises the risk of heart attack and stroke and that risk tends to increase over time. A new study from Karolinska Institutet suggests one possible reason may sit ...

After years of type 2 diabetes, red blood cells may quietly turn against the heart—offering a new clue for spotting danger early. People who live with type 2 diabetes for many years face a steadily ...

A nationwide team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has proposed a major revision to how Langerhans cell ...

A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the ...

Myeloblasts are precursors to specific types of white blood cells that help your body fight infections. Too many myeloblasts may be a sign of a blood cancer like leukemia. Myeloblasts, or blast cells, ...

The longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Diabetes, shows that changes in red blood ...