In relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, activation of the peripheral immune system can lead to focal inflammation within the CNS. Over the past three decades, therapeutic development has been ...

How Many Books are There in the Red Rising Saga? Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series will comprise seven books in total, but currently, all but the final book have been released.

Secondary lymphoid organs, such as lymph nodes, harbor highly specialized and compartmentalized niches. These niches are optimized to facilitate the encounter of naive lymphocytes with antigens and ...

We introduce LYSTO, the Lymphocyte Assessment Hackathon, which was held in conjunction with the MICCAI 2019 Conference in Shenzhen (China). The competition required participants to automatically ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections between brain cells, known as synapses, mature.

CD4 T-Cell Monitoring in HIV Management Key Themes: Immune Reconstitution: Average CD4 count increases of approximately 200 cells in the first year of effective therapy Laboratory Variability: CD4 ...

Learn more about lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. We look at their function, normal levels, and what happens if levels are too high or too low.

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, a state in which cells carry more than two sets of chromosomes. Their ...

A study reveals a mechanism that controls B-lymphocyte maturation, with SIRT7 playing a critical role. This insight could lead to new treatments for B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (B-ALL).

Researchers from the Chromatin Biology lab at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute just discovered a fundamental mechanism controlling B-lymphocyte maturation in the bone marrow ...