If you’ve ever had a doctor order a blood test for you, chances are that they ran a complete blood count, or CBC. One of the ...

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell. All white blood cells, including lymphocytes, are made in the bone marrow. As a part of your immune system, lymphocytes play an important role in ...

Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude serious disease, physicians in all specialties continue to behave as if it did. To assess whether a ...

A new study reveals a routine blood test called a complete blood count, or CBC, may help catch serious diseases earlier by ...

Some cells do repairs if you get a cut. Red blood cells deliver oxygen and take away rubbish. And your white blood cells are like police looking for germs. There's a lot going on inside you!

Differences between a patient’s true normal range and the population-based reference interval can create problems for doctors ...

There are normally between 4×109 and 1.1×1010 white blood cells in a litre of blood, making up approximately 1% of blood in a healthy adult. An increase in the number of leukocytes over the ...

Blood smears can help detect abnormalities in the blood cells (such as sickle cell anemia), white blood cell disorders such as leukemia, and bloodborne parasites like malaria. If you have ...

ALL affects the immature forms of white blood cells, called lymphocytes and has two types: B-ALL and T-ALL, named for whether B-lymphocytes or T-lymphocytes are affected. Historically, children ...