The work, done at the Salk Institute, could let researchers create therapies that introduce into the body new white blood cells capable of attacking diseased or cancerous cells or augmenting immune responses against other disorders. (salk.edu)
Folic acid is needed to make new white blood cells, which our bodies must do anytime we are fighting an infection. (drkvirdee.com)
A more recent treatment option has been to administer a bone marrow transplant following successful chemo, in hopes that new white blood cells produced by the donated marrow will be able to find and kill the cancerous blood cells circulating in the patient's body, he said. (health.com)