In this article, we focus on two related types of immune cell – the monocyte and the macrophage. We discuss what monocytes and macrophages are, how they are generated, their functions in the body and ...

Monocytes are white blood cells, known as leukocytes. They are an important part of the innate immune system and contribute to host defense in the blood by secreting large quantities of ...

To develop treatments that may one day entirely rid the body of HIV infection, scientists have long sought to identify all of the places that the virus can hide its genetic code. Now, in a study using ...

Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD), a severe pathological consequence of acute lung injury triggered by factors like infection or ...

Calgary: Researchers from the University of Calgary have discovered a potentially effective new method for treating bacterial skin infections. The findings of the research were published in the ...