Wounding a zebrafish tail fin triggers a wave of calcium (the blue here is a low calcium area; the red, high calcium) that signals damage and recruits neutrophils. Summary Scientists at the Sloan ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers examine the multifaceted roles of neutrophils in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and highlight ...

Cancer immunotherapies that recruit a patient's own immune system to destroy tumors have transformed the treatment of many types of cancer. Yet these therapies do not elicit universally good treatment ...

The course of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections depends not only on how aggressive the virus is, but also on the immune response of the infected individual. Using single-cell analyses, a group of ...

Actor and dancer Cha Hyun-seung (34), who revealed his battle with leukemia, shared an update on his condition. Cha uploaded ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital uncovered that an immune defense protein, Resistin-like molecule gamma, attacks ...

Neutropenia involves a low neutrophil count, and thrombocytopenia involves a low platelet count. Certain conditions, infections, or medications may cause reduced levels of both. Neutropenia and ...

People with Sweet's syndrome often wake up with a fever, body aches, and blisters on their neck, limbs and face. Also known ...

This scanning electron microscopy image captures the moment where degranulating mast cells (pseudo-colored in sepia) attract and start to incorporate living neutrophils (pseudo-colored in cyan), ...

Will it be possible to treat severe kidney inflammation with fewer drugs in the future? A new study by the University ...