Patients may also have a low white blood cell count.
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His white blood cell count must have dropped right down.
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They may also have low white blood cell and platelet counts.
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And it turns out my white blood cell count is fine.
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She was anemic and her white blood cell count had quintupled.
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A blood test found that his white blood cell counts were off.
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They noticed a high white blood cell count and continued medical testing.
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Gomez was apparently admitted to the hospital for low white blood cell count.
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She sent him to the lab to check his white-blood-cell count.
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Sales of blockbuster white blood cell booster Neulasta fell 6 percent to $897 million.
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They're a type of white blood cell that seeks out and destroys diseased cells.
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His white-blood-cell count — when high, another indicator of infection — was also normal.
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His white-blood-cell count — when high, another indicator of infection — was also normal.
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Neupogen and Zarxio boost white blood cell counts in cancer patients to help fight infections.
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A new mom whose white blood cell count had shot up after she gave birth.
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Reviewing them, May saw that the patient had a persistently elevated white-blood-cell count.
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They also noted that monitoring white blood cell counts could reduce the risk of agranulocytosis.
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Amgen's Neupogen and Zarxio boost white blood cell counts in cancer patients to help fight infections.
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Additionally, his white blood cell count was high and he had a severe case of pneumonia.
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The other has a low white blood cell count, which suggests that he could have pneumonia.
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Triggered by a low white blood cell count, I had found an abnormal protein in Mrs.
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Only one biosimilar, a mimic of the white blood cell booster Neupogen, is available to patients.
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Her white blood cell count was dangerously low, and her liver showed some evidence of injury.
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The drugs work by unleashing T-cells, a type of white blood cell, to kill cancer.
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He is a white blood cell, skimming through the system and doing just what is needed.
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It also included all of his lab results, like his white blood cell and potassium counts.
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The most serious side effect was neutropenia, or very low white blood cell count, researchers said.
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As he told PEOPLE in 2009, his blood work revealed a "sky high" white blood cell count.
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O) white blood cell-boosting drug Neupogen, in favor of Zarxio, a biosimilar sold by Novartis (NOVN.
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A special type of white blood cell, called T-cells, are a key component of this system.
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White blood-cell counts, heart rates, milligrams—whatever the metric, you and your doctor monitor it constantly.
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But her white blood cell count — the number that should have revealed her sepsis infection — was normal.
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As he told PEOPLE in 2009, his blood work revealed a "sky high" white blood cell count.
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This led to the discovery that her white blood cell count was 50 times the normal count.
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But checkpoint inhibitors work by enabling T-cells — a type of white blood cell — to attack cancer.
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T-cells, a type of white blood cell, are sometimes called the soldiers of the immune system.
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The fluid from the spinal tap had an abnormally high white-blood-cell count, suggesting an infection.
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But checkpoint inhibitors work by enabling T-cells — a type of white blood cell — to attack cancer.
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Researchers specifically studied the movement of neutrophils -- a type of white blood cell -- when combined with soup.
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They had developed a blood disorder called agranulocytosis where there's a drop in white blood cell counts.
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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurs when the body produces too many abnormal lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
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Gomez was hospitalized twice in October because of extremely low white blood cell counts following her kidney transplant.
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The chief side effects were temporarily low levels of lymphocytes - a type of white blood cell - and rash.
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Activating T-cells that have never been activated before by targeting monocytes, a type of white blood cell.
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And his white blood cell count was decreased, though again, not enough to render him prone to infections.
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With her patients, she starts the drug slowly and keeps an eye on their white blood cell counts.
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Sales of its older white blood cell booster Neupogen fell 4 percent due to competition, including from Novartis' NOVN.
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Bacteria-destroyling enzymes called lysozymes and white blood cell-beckoning antibodies live inside the goop to kill any intruders.
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Sandoz has already received FDA approval for Zarxio, a biosimilar version of Amgen's white blood cell-boosting drug Neupogen.
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And only after switching to a new urologist did we learn that his white blood cell count was high.
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I sowed myself into the moment with its needles and white blood cell counts, diaper changes and grocery pickups.
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When a virus invades the body, a type of white blood cell known as a B cell generates antibodies.
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Her breathing was "coarse," doctors wrote, and she had a low white blood cell count — a sign of infection.
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The most common adverse reaction to the drug was a lowered white blood cell count, which can lead to infections.
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She mentioned how she wasn't able to get a chemo treatment when her white blood cell count was too high.
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The illnesses included dermatitis, bronchitis and white blood cell deficiencies, as well as a few cases of lymphoma and leukemia.
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Dr. Peake: White blood cell numbers typically increase in the blood during exercise, much as they would during an infection.
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But the big surprise came when researchers looked at the medical records of people with these white blood cell mutations.
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Its blood test, for example, monitors glucose, hemoglobin, and white-blood cell count through a finger cuff instead of a lancet.
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Well… it does cause serious disease in the remaining ten percent, and it causes a very aggressive white blood cell cancer.
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One of the types of cells called into action are T lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that fights infection.
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Novartis last September began selling Zarxio, its form of Amgen Inc's white blood cell-boosting product Neupogen in the United States.
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The most common serious side effect seen in the trial was neutropenia, or very low white blood cell count, researchers said.
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People with a rare eosinophilic disorder, for example, produce more eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, than they actually need.
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The two doctors checked her white blood cell count, an indicator of immune activity in response to microbes in the blood.
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Mr. Skaar, 22019, learned during his Air Force exit physical in 1982 that his white blood cell count was way off.
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She scouts for signs they are worsening — a drop in blood pressure, confusion, increased heart rate, a high white-blood-cell count.
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We're told she was despondent and emotional over an alarmingly low white blood cell count in the wake of her kidney transplant.
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Drugs like Juno's JCAR0173 target a protein called CD19, which is found on the surface of a type of white blood cell.
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He skipped the Belmont Stakes after it was discovered he had an elevated white blood cell count and has not raced since.
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It's supposed to be my last day of chemo today but my white blood cell count is too low to do treatment.
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EoE, also known as allergic oesophagitis, is an allergic inflammation of the esophagus that involves a form of white blood cell, eosinophils.
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But her white-blood-cell count — an indicator of infection — wasn't elevated, and the doctors couldn't see any obvious source of infection.
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The Ethicist A friend was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell called plasma cells.
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Her temperature was 102 degrees Fahrenheit, her breathing was "coarse," and she had a low white blood cell count — a sign of infection.
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Gomez — Bieber's former on-again, off-again girlfriend — was hospitalized twice in the last few weeks for a low white blood cell count.
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She was also given blood transfusions to ensure her white blood cell count was low enough for chemotherapy to be effective and safe.
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Over the years, scientists have struggled to remove HIV from infected CD4+ T-cells, a type of white blood cell that fights infection.
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Gomez was admitted to an East Coast facility following admission to a hospital, where she was treated for low white blood cell count.
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Nucala is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits interleukin-5, which helps regulate eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that contributes to asthma.
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Researchers examined what happened to monocytes, a type of white blood cell, upon exposure to flavoring chemicals used in popular e-cigarette liquids.
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Back in October, Gomez was hospitalized twice for a low white blood cell count, which can be a side effect for kidney transplant patients.
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She was reportedly hospitalized twice for a low white blood cell count related to Lupus, the autoimmune condition she was diagnosed with in 2015.
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Image: Maria Schwarzl Mathematically speaking, the way a tiger charges a herd of antelope resembles a white blood cell attacking a colony of bacteria.
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A year ago, the FDA approved the first biosimilar - Novartis AG's Zarxio, which is similar to Amgen Inc's white blood cell-boosting drug, Neupogen.
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Eos, as they are known more familiarly, are a type of white blood cell that can be seen in eczema or other allergic reactions.
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The drugmaker on Monday said it was not confident that the weekly screening of white blood cell count would be sufficient to ensure patient safety.
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Everyone in the placebo group had the virus in their blood, 93 percent developed a rash and 20 percent exhibited low white blood cell counts.
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We spoke with Nyquist's assistant trainer, Jack Sisterson, who tells us ... Nyquist has an elevated white blood cell count, which can sometimes indicate an infection.
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For example, the current list price of Amgen's Neupogen, a biologic that increases white blood cell count during a course of chemotherapy, is roughly $28500,6900.
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She was reassured by the patient's normal white-blood-cell count — it made the possibility of a hidden infection or a malignancy much less likely.
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Then, a type of white blood cell known as macrophages—Greek for "big eaters"—recognizes the tag, engulfs the cell or pathogen, and destroys it.
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Patients' white blood cell counts have to be entered into the REMS every week before a patient is allowed to pick up the next dose.
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The second group of boys rescued on Monday are eating soft food, and some of them have a high white blood cell count, indicating an infection.
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Schweitzer and the team searched for it by using monoclonal antibodies—antibodies made from one parent white blood cell, meant to react to only one substance.
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Doctors harvest a patient's T-cells (a type of white blood cell) and then, in the lab, genetically modify them to turn them into tumor assassins.
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This particular gene provides instructions for a protein that's present on the surface of certain immune cells, including mast cells (a type of white blood cell).
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Elevated white blood cell counts could indicate a bacterial infection, and a sputum sample and nasal swab can be taken to see what bacteria are present.
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Driving the news: Two studies out Thursday detail how the virus lowers the white blood cell count for a long period of time in some people.
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Checkpoint inhibitors like atezolizumab work by helping T-cells — a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system — recognize cancer and attack it.
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A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.
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Around 15 children a year are born in Europe with the ultra-rare genetic disorder, which leaves them unable to make a type of white blood cell.
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B-cell precursor ALL is a rapidly progressing cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many B-cell lymphocytes, an immature type of white blood cell.
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Andre, 1, was scheduled to fight Blake Caparello last October, but he had two cases of the pink eye, iron deficiency, and a low white blood cell count.
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Juno saw optimistic results for the drug in patients with a form of leukemia where the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
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People says Gomez was hospitalized twice in the past few weeks for a low white blood cell count, and had a panic attack during the second hospital stay.
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She was hospitalized twice within the last few weeks, both times for a low white blood cell count, which can be a side effect for kidney transplant patients.
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Blood tests may be normal as well, though some patients, like this child, have an unusually high number of a type of white blood cell known as eosinophils.
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Serious but not fatal side effects reported in 8 percent of ivosidenib patients included above normal white blood cell counts and QT elongation, a type of heart arrhythmia.
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Specifically, they studied the effects of six months of spaceflight on a type of white blood cell that kills cancerous cells in the body called natural killer cells.
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They also looked at a biologic marker for allergic activity called the eosinophil count; eosinophils are a type of white blood cell associated with allergies and with asthma.
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I was neutropenic [when there aren't enough of a certain type of white blood cell in your body, making it harder to fight infections] twice throughout the process.
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More than 40 percent of patients suffered anemia during the trial, and common side effects include a dangerous lowering of white blood cell counts and toxicity in the brain.
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T cells are a type of white blood cell that detects foreign or abnormal cells, including tumors, and kickstarts an immune response that targets the invading cells for attack.
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When infected with a mild form of Dengue, the 20 who had received the placebo developed symptoms of the disease and low white blood cell count indicative of infection.
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The singer was hospitalized twice within the last few weeks, both times for a low white blood cell count, which can be a side effect for kidney transplant patients.
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Hairy cell leukemia is a rare form of blood cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many B cells, a type of white blood cell that fights infection.
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The side effects from this treatment may include a lower white blood cell count, diarrhea or infection with other organisms resistant to antibiotics that are unrelated to Lyme disease.
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Researchers did blood tests on 12,336 men and women, average age 57, assigning them an "inflammation composite score" based on white blood cell count, clotting factors and other tests.
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These cells appear to be a subtype of white blood cell called a macrophage, and they express a protein known as GATA6 (because of the latter, they're called GATA6+ cells).
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A blood test will show if there's an abnormal white blood cell count, which is considered a common indicator of sepsis, or the presence of bacteria and other infectious agents.
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Once it's in the body, the virus infiltrates a particular kind of white blood cell (or T cell) called CD4, which plays a key role in the body's immune response.
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A new study, published in Neurology, looked at 1,633 people whose average age was 53 in 1987-89, measuring white blood cell count and various blood proteins that indicate inflammation.
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A biopsy of his bone marrow did show abnormal clumps of a kind of white blood cell called a lymphocyte, but there was no sign that these cells were cancerous.
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More concerning in a patient at this age was a malignancy or a syndrome of hypereosinophilia — a disorder in which this type of white blood cell begins to proliferate wildly.
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The researchers have a guess as to what caused individuals with certain anaerobic bacteria to contract HIV: An increase in white blood cell-attracting molecules produced by cells in the foreskin.
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A federal judge in Florida has ruled that Apotex Inc would not infringe an Amgen Inc patent by making copycat versions of Amgen's white-blood-cell-boosting drugs Neulasta and Neupogen.
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In short, scientists at King's College London studied the length of white blood cell telomeres (the nucleotide 'caps' that protect chromosomes) of 1,205 female twins, a quarter of whom had acne.
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Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma is an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a white blood cell cancer that typically affects older adults and is more common in men than in women.
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Medical workers observed that exposure to radiation caused a precipitous drop in the survivors' white blood cell counts, and experiments in mice showed that bone marrow transplants could offset those losses.
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I don't know what would happen in a nuclear blast and what survivors, what condition they would be in, but I'm guessing there would be white blood cell issues, maybe anemia.
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Both involve a workhorse of the immune system — T-cells, a type of white blood cell whose job is to kill cells that have turned malignant or become infected with viruses.
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Then, in mid-June, an ambulance rushes her to the ER: Her fever is back at 103, her heart rate is at 185, and her white blood cell count is 30,000.
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The treatment requires removing millions of a patient's T-cells — a type of white blood cell often called soldiers of the immune system — and genetically engineering them to kill cancer cells.
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Bioengineers at Rice University recently found that different drops from single fingerpricks on multiple subjects varied substantially on results for basic health measures like hemoglobin, white blood cell counts and platelet counts.
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Think of a lion or tiger chasing after an antelope herd, or a wolf charging a flock of sheep—or even a white blood cell homing in on a colony of bacteria.
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Neutrophil extracellular traps, appropriately shortened to NETs, are traps that neutrophils—a type of white blood cell that usually eats up intruding bacteria—set up as an immune defense in the body.
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Some analogized that the failure to send bankers to jail or even on perp walks made the party's white blood cell count drop to the point that G.O.P. infections could run wild.
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T cells, a type of white blood cell, are part of the immune system and help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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The approval is expected to augment sales at Amgen, which faces competition from cheaper rivals for two of its biggest selling products - the white blood cell booster Neulasta and rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel.
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"The (2019) guidance reflects an expected year of uncertainty and some lack of visibility" regarding competition from cheaper biosimilar versions of white-blood-cell booster Neulasta and Enbrel - Amgen's two biggest-selling products.
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The 26-year-old "Wolves" singer was hospitalized twice within the last few weeks, both times for a low white blood cell count, which can be a side effect for kidney transplant patients.
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However, instead of giving it voice commands and getting answers, you stick a slide with your blood on it inside the device to find out if your white blood cell count is off.
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Last year they said there was a new drug available that would maybe give me another six months, but it would mean lab work once a week and low white blood cell count.
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Hydroxyurea was originally developed to fight blood cancers like leukemia, and people taking it must be monitored to make sure that it does not dangerously lower their white blood cell and platelet counts.
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A month earlier she added an image of American painter and television host Bob Ross photo-shopped to look as though he was painting a white blood cell that appeared to be smiling.
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Because the FDA's white blood cell counts are based on white patients, many Black patients weren't eligible to even try clozapine, even though their low counts are normal for them and their bodies.
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One reason for that is the emergence of MRSA (pictured being attacked by a white blood cell)—a variety of Staphylococcus aureus that cannot be killed with methicillin, one of penicillin's most effective descendants.
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When they tested the patient's blood, the number of red blood cells and platelets was average, but her white-blood-cell count was extremely high — nearly 90,000, about nine times what is usually seen.
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According to the case report published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, lab tests revealed the unnamed woman had a high white blood cell count, which can be a sign of an infection.
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Her practice uses high-quality specialized tubes specifically made to lower the amount of white blood cell concentration in the plasma; an uncontrolled amount, she says, can cause harm to the tissue and delay healing.
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For instance, the schizophrenia drug clozapine tends to lower a patient's white blood cell count, so pharmacists have to check to make sure the patient has had a recent blood count before dispensing the medication.
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Nyquist had been fighting a fever and an elevated white blood cell count since being vanquished by a familiar rival named Exaggerator on Saturday in a cold, muddy renewal of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.
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Missing from the field is Nyquist, who came out of his third-place finish in the Preakness with a fever and elevated white blood cell count that led to a decision to skip the Belmont.
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The patients with the worse depression experienced vomiting, white blood cell reduction, and longer stays in the hospital and ultimately reduced the length of time that they lived with the disease without it getting worse.
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But scientists are also trying to open a whole new avenue of immunotherapy, one that focuses not on T-cells, but on another part of the immune system, a white blood cell called a macrophage.
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They get temperature checks, flu tests, white blood cell counts, CT lung scans and laboratory tests for the virus, according to Dr. Bruce Aylward, leader of the W.H.O. observer mission that visited China in February.
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Armo's lead treatment is a naturally occurring immune growth factor called a pegylated interleukin-10 that stimulates the survival, expansion and killing potential of a particular type of white blood cell in the immune system.
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Many people of African and Middle Eastern backgrounds have benign ethnic neutropenia, which means that they naturally have lower white blood cell counts as a result of a genetic mutation that is protective against malaria.
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But people who got the vaccine six months before the dengue challenge developed no symptoms at all — no rashes, no drop in their white blood cell count, and no signs of the virus in their blood.
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Precision medicine To make each dose of Yescarta, the patient's T-cells -- a type of white blood cell -- are collected and then genetically modified to include a new gene that targets and kills the cancer cells.
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The filings allege that the uniforms — unveiled in May 2018 — caused multiple Delta employees to suffer from a variety of health problems, including skin rashes, hair loss, low white blood cell counts, migraines and breathing difficulties.
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The first medicines to tackle cancer, chemotherapies, came about during the second world war when it was discovered that people exposed to nitrogen mustard, a chemical similar to mustard gas, had significantly reduced white-blood-cell counts.
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From a physiological perspective, working out flushes bacteria from your lungs and airways, increases your white blood cell circulation and raises your body temperature, all of which could help your body fight infection better, according to MedlinePlus.
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And not unexpectedly, saliva from this tick was able to cause an immune reaction (based on the level of a certain white blood cell called a basophil) 40 times greater than normal in blood sensitized to alpha-gal.
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A source told PEOPLE that Gomez experienced "a panic attack" during her second hospital stay in just a few short weeks — she suffers from a low white blood cell count, a common side effect for kidney transplant patients.
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We sat rather ignored in the E.R., but once the doctors finally saw me, took my blood pressure and white-blood-cell count, they put me in the I.C.U. Luckily, I recovered and went back to my kids.
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That would've been very new territory for the Star Wars universe, but it sounds a lot like something else—2001's greatest film about white blood cell cops and the perils of the ten-second rule, Osmosis Jones.
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The robust white-cell proliferation, especially to the extent seen in this patient, is far more common in a leukemia than in Dress — which can also show an elevated white-blood-cell count, though a much lower one.
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They used 3-D printers to produce enough parts for 65 units; Harris has also applied for seven patents, including for a device that can test blood, glucose, hemoglobin, and white-blood cell count without breaking the skin.
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In Schnitzler syndrome, according to current thinking, the most primitive part of the immune system — a type of white blood cell known as the macrophage — goes wild and instructs the body to act as if it is infected.
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The "Wolves" singer experienced "a panic attack" during her second hospital stay in just a few short weeks — she suffers from a low white blood cell count, a common side effect for kidney transplant patients — the source told PEOPLE.
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Axicabtagene ciloleucel is part of an experimental class of drugs that are made by genetically altering a patient's T-cells, a type of white blood cell, in the lab to help the immune system find and kill cancer cells.
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Bourbon virus appears to have developed a taste for other types of human cells during its travels; in the few documented cases that have appeared in the US, patients have experienced massive declines in their white blood cell populations.
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In May, Howard, 65, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that he spent much of 2016 and 2017 going back and forth for testing after his doctor discovered a low white blood cell count during a regular checkup.
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Established in 1984 to fund the development of the kidney disease drug Epogen, the joint venture's scope grew to include, among others, the white blood cell-boosting drugs Neupogen and Neulasta, used during chemotherapy treatment, Amgen said in a separate statement.
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A long course will suppress the bone marrow, which will cause bleeding due to a low platelet count, anemia due to a lack of red blood cells and increased susceptibility to further infections due to a low white blood cell count.
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In another simultaneously published study, in the journal Science Immunology, researchers studied the same cohort of kids but focused instead on their B cells, a type of white blood cell that includes memory cells that produce antibodies in the body.
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Black people are twice as likely to stop getting clozapine because of their white blood cell counts, and studies have found that a fear of agranulocytosis was the most common reason given for stopping clozapine use when treating Black patients.
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Ever since, Barea has proactively sought updates on his levels of oxidative stress (worrisome as they get higher) and white blood cell counts (which can indicate illness or infection when they spike or indicate less immune prevention as they get lower).
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Kite's lead investigational therapy, axicabtagene ciloleucel, is part of an experimental class of drugs that are made by genetically altering a patient's T-cells, a type of white blood cell, in the lab to help the immune system find and kill cancer cells.
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Following news that Selena Gomez has been hospitalized after an "emotional breakdown" — a result of a health scare due to low white blood cell count — ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber and rumored wife Hailey Baldwin's Instagram accounts have been flooded with hateful comments.
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He often finds high white blood cell level counts in patients having allergic reactions to the OTC supplements they're taking, including red yeast rice, and says it's impossible to tell if the reaction is to what's on the label or another contaminant.
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The most common serious adverse events were fever, a low red blood cell count as a result of immune response, pneumonia in 6 percent of the 107 study participants and a low white blood cell count with fever in another 5 percent.
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On the morning after the Preakness, the connections of the previously undefeated Nyquist decided to engage Exaggerator in a rematch in the Belmont, but a day later, the colt was found to have a high temperature and an elevated white-blood-cell count.
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Stern, 65, reveals in his new book, Howard Stern Comes Again, excerpted in The Hollywood Reporter, that he spent much of 2016 and 2017 going back and forth for testing after his doctor discovered a low white blood cell count during a regular checkup.
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Dr. Ishizaka not only identified the antibody but also deciphered how it worked — through a lock-and-key binding factor, which connects one end of the antibody to the offending foreign substance and the other end to a white blood cell called a mast cell.
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Instead of finding bacteria or the usual infection-fighting white blood cells in the lungs, the sample showed a handful of eosinophils (or eos), a type of white blood cell that normally fights off parasites (like intestinal worms) but can also be seen in allergic reactions.
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" Luckily, his heath crisis didn't prevent him from making it into the delivery room, Charleston tells PEOPLE: "We were both so thrilled that Daddy Reece's white-blood-cell count was down and his doctors let him join us for the delivery and stay the day with us.
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Federal circuit court of appeals upholds lower court ruling that novartis' sandoz unit did not infringe amgen patent for filgrastim and proposed pegfilgrastim biosimilars Amgen had developed filgrastim, marketed as neupogen, and pegfilgrastim, marketed as neulasta, to treat a white blood cell deficiency known as neutropenia
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It may be fitting to describe the work as aggressive, as the methodology I used to talk about unpublicized bio-surveillant methods of government was certainly aggressive, namely the interrogations that those with the lowest white blood cell count were subjected to at the exhibition, but it wasn't angry.
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In my case, it's hard to say whether or not, if I went to get checked out earlier, the prognosis would've been different because it took a while for my muscle wastage to become apparent and for the changes occurring in my white blood cell count to appear.
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The study, in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that higher omega-6 intake was associated with increased asthma severity, more severe effects of particulate pollution on asthmatic symptoms, and increased blood levels of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell associated with inflammation.
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The insurer also said it will exclude from coverage Amgen Inc's white blood cell-boosting drug Neupogen, in favor of Zarxio, a biosimilar sold by Novartis AG. UnitedHealth last year bought Catamaran Corp for $12.8 billion, making it the nation's No. 3 pharmacy benefit manager after Express Scripts Holding Co and Caremark, which is owned by CVS Health Corp.
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The Supreme Court will consider early next month whether to grant a petition for review that would require it to interpret the federal law on copycat biologic drugs for the first time, in a case that involves a bid by Apotex Inc to make biosimilar versions of Amgen Inc's white-blood-cell-boosting drugs Neulasta and Neupogen.
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This is where a new study in the journal Cell comes in, describing not just the tumor-limiting effects of voluntary running in mice, but also how that limiting actually happens via the activation of immune cells known as NK or "natural killer" cells, a type of lymphocyte or white blood cell whose function is all in the name.
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Before hysteria sets in, it's important to understand the causes of these illnesses (which still pale in comparison to the hundreds of thousands of deaths associated with tobacco each year.) A letter published last Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds some light on the believed mechanism of the illnesses, by linking them to macrophages, a type of white blood cell that acts like a sentinel of the immune system, guarding it from attack.
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