B cells are white blood cells that form a core part of the body's adaptive immune system, enabling it to recognize specific infections, remember them, and mount a targeted response by producing ...

Creativity and curiosity have always been central to the work of Joshua Moreau, Ph.D., an immunologist whose work at Oregon ...

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that causes abnormal B cells, a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies. Leukemia is a broad term for cancers that affect the blood ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer - and how restoring ...