blood cell
nounDefinition of blood cell
: a cell normally present in blood
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And sickle cell does not recur in patients who get bone marrow transplants that allow them to make healthy blood cells—which is currently the only way to cure the disease but is available to only a small minority of people. — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, "Despite Controversy, Human Studies of CRISPR Move Forward in the U.S.," 13 Aug. 2019 The marrow produces blood cells, which need regular replenishing, and Nancy’s was rapidly shutting down. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 Stem cells are very young cells that can develop into specialized cells, such as blood cells, bone cells and brain cells. — NBC News, "FDA wins case against Florida stem cell clinic that harmed three women's vision," 4 June 2019 Some scientists have been inactivating CCR5 in blood cells of people already infected with HIV, to help keep the virus under control. — Malcolm Ritter, latimes.com, "Gene mutation protects against HIV but comes with heightened risk of death," 3 June 2019 Patients need to be transfused with donors blood regularly, and even with these transfusions, complications can occur if the dose isn’t right and iron levels in the blood cells spike, which can lead to organ damage and even death. — Time, "CRISPR Gene Editing Is Being Tested in Human Patients, and the Results Could Revolutionize Health Care," 6 Aug. 2019 The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to a Florida company that processes human umbilical-cord blood cells as treatments, and issued 20 other letters to entities the FDA said may be offering unapproved stem-cell products. — Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, "FDA Probes More Stem-Cell Treatment Companies," 3 Apr. 2019 The skin cells in her saliva, the bladder cells in her urine and her blood cells each originated from a different layer of cells in two-week-old embryos. — New York Times, "Every Cell in Your Body Has the Same DNA. Except It Doesn’t.," 21 May 2018 Researchers may be able to clone one of her skin or blood cells, and eventually make an egglike cell that has a single DNA strand, rather than a double strand. — Karen Weintraub, Discover Magazine, "Cloning's Long Legacy — And Why It'll Never Be Used on Humans," 29 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blood cell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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