Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered how a mutated gene kicks off a dangerous chain of events during blood cell production. "We know that many diseases—and all cancers ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered how a mutated gene kicks off a dangerous chain of events during blood cell production. The study, published recently ...

Scientists have discovered that T cells -- white blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogens -- can completely prevent viral infection, to an extent previously thought only possible due to ...

Immature granulocytes are early stage white blood cells that usually stay inside the bone marrow while they mature. If they appear in the bloodstream in unusually high numbers, it can signal that the ...

Blood cancers start when blood cells become cancerous and disrupt red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets, often beginning in bone marrow. The main blood cancer types include leukemia, ...