Sentences with phrase «whether white cells»

Not exact matches

The next step will be to examine how magnetic microrollers behave under flow conditions with auxiliary particles, such as red and white blood cells, and whether it is possible to persuade the magnetic particles to move against the flow as well.

Most importantly, the doxorubicin - decorated diamonds had no effect on white blood cell count, an indicator of immune system activation that's often the deciding factor in whether a patient can continue chemotherapy.

In a paper appearing in Scientific Reports, the researchers showed that the device could accurately determine whether white blood cell levels were too low, in a study of 11 patients undergoing chemotherapy.

The approach proved 95 percent accurate for determining whether a patient's white cell levels were above or below the threshold.

The technology does not provide a precise count of white blood cells, but reveals whether patients are above or below the threshold considered dangerous — defined as 500 neutrophils (the most common type of white blood cell) per microliter of blood.

The researchers analysed white blood cells from families with asthma in the UK to see whether methylation levels in certain parts of the genome were correlated with the level of IgE in the blood.

In the new study, a team led by biochemist Björn Ingelsson and immunochemist Anders Rosén of Linköping University in Sweden investigated whether NETs might also spur the growth of cancerous white blood cells in one type of leukemia — something scientists had previously hypothesized.

The medical interviews tested whether the women had cold - like symptoms, the blood test included measuring white blood cell count, viral antigens, and an IgG activity test (to determine whether subjects had recent CMV infection), and the ultrasound examinations looking for symptoms of congenital CMV infection in the fetus.

To test whether the cells would maintain their multipotency in living animals, the researchers transplanted them into mice whose white blood cells had been depleted, and showed that the new cells could expand and differentiate into various types of white blood cells.

Joseph Poole, M.D., Ph.D., of the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, and colleagues studied whether therapy with granulocyte - macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM - CSF), an agent that functions as a white blood cell growth factor, would improve walking performance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (a form of vascular disease in which there is partial or total blockage of an artery, usually one leading to a leg or arm).

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine were testing whether GM - CSF (granulocyte - macrophage colony stimulating factor), already used to restore white blood cell numbers during cancer treatment, could help heal blood vessels damaged by atherosclerosis.

The authors hope to improve the percentage of edited cells present in monkeys in the future, but it is not clear from this study what percentage of the body's white blood cells would need to be edited to stop virus replicating in the absence of drugs, and whether other interventions would also be needed in parallel.

A blood test can determine whether a person has a low red blood cell count (which could signal anemia) or a high white blood cell count (which could indicate inflammation), while a stool test will help detect inflammation and rule out infections with similar symptoms to Crohn's disease like C. difficile and E. coli.

In a nutshell, whether you're physically stressed, sick, or sleep deprived, your immune system becomes hyperactive, and starts producing white blood cells — your body's first line of defense against foreign invaders like infectious agents.

The extent of this inflammation, whether caused by bad bacteria or candida or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can be assessed and monitored by examination of the levels of biomarkers such as lysozyme, lactoferrin, white blood cells and mucus.

For instance, looking at different white blood cells reveals whether an immune reaction is chronic or acute, and whether a virus, a bacterial infection, allergies, or parasite may be causing it.