He was living on the outskirts of Beijing, his white-blood-cell count perilously low. From Wordnik.com. [Care in China: A Boy's Turnaround] Reference
Those on the dense-dose program take Neupogen, a drug that boosts white-blood-cell production. From Wordnik.com. [Health: 'Dense Dose' Chemo] Reference
For a time, she needed weekly tests of her white-blood-cell count, which had slipped to dangerously low levels on the drug. From Wordnik.com. ['Another Test? No Thanks, Doc.'] Reference
“Cloned cells taken from the animals formed gigantic white-blood-cell colonies that are only seen with very, very young cells,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [Making Cows Younger with Stem Cells | Impact Lab] Reference
Once you fall asleep, the surging melatonin encourages white-blood-cell activity specifically designed to respond to pathogens like the bacteria living in your middle. From Wordnik.com. [T.S. Wiley: Can Sleep Loss Destroy Your Immune System?] Reference
(Feied invented this word as well, stealing the suffix from "leucopenia," or low white-blood-cell counts.). From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot] Reference
A month before the transplant, the patient is given a special antibody Rituximab to reduce white-blood-cell count. From Wordnik.com. [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference
But it still carries some risk of those side effects, as well as of restlessness, decreased white-blood-cell count and tardive dyskinesia, a condition marked by involuntary repetitive movements of the limbs and body that can become permanent. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Joseph: "That was a lucky thing for him that he never got a bad hit to the abdomen, because it could have been very dangerous." chemotherapy treatments can deplete his white-blood-cell count and make him vulnerable to infections, he avoids crowds and doesn't fly. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It’s as if I have built up my emotional white-blood-cell count; I have both more immunity to the disease of depression, and more strength to fight the disease if it does creep in. From Wordnik.com. [Hooping.org | Blog | Baxter: The Hoop Path] Reference
The physician noted that doctors are finding more and more that a positive attitude can assist healing; in fact, it can literally change white-blood-cell counts in the body, activating the body’s natural defenses against cancer and other diseases. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Spirit] Reference
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