Sentences with phrase «blood cell factory»
Bone marrow is the body's blood cell factory.
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Workers in Chinese factories exposed to high levels of formaldehyde had lower counts of white blood cells that fight germs and diseases, according to a 2010 study led by Zhang.
In a healthy person bone marrow acts as a sort of factory of stem cells, the vital cells that mature and divide to form other essential blood cells throughout the body.
The researchers were able to show that a reduction in the number of ribosomes — organelles known as the protein factories of the cell — is responsible for the disruption in the formation of red blood cells found in patients with DBA.
Copper removes free radicals produced in the mitochondria (the energy factories in our cells) helps in cross linking collagen and elastin thus providing flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.
The factory workers had increased activity of NK cells (the white blood cells that seek and destroy pathogens as part of your innate immune response), higher levels of the important mucosal antibody secretory IgA (sIgA) and lower levels of pro-inflammatory immune complexes when compared to office workers.
It is also a reserve factory for manufacture of blood cells.