Imagine a routine blood draw at your annual physical that could warn you about depression before you ever feel it coming.
A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age.
Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways High monocytes can mean your body is fighting inflammation from infections ...
Monocytes, a special type of white blood cell, secrete cytokines as inflammatory messengers that are crucial for an appropriate immune response. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and ...
Prize-winning essay for 1927 in the New England Pediatric Society competition open to undergraduates of Class A Medical Schools in New England. A Thesis presented to the School of Medicine in ...