Sep 6, 2012

Lazy Leukocytes

I love it when medicine gives serious conditions funny names. Personally, I'm offended by the term diabetes, because it sounds super cute with all those "eee" sounds. But clearly egregious is the "Lazy Leukocyte Syndrome." Leukocytes (white blood cells of the immune system) are incapable of migrating from the circulating blood into tissues to fight infections. It's a serious, serious condition because it is fatal. Newborns either receive a successful bone marrow transplant or they die. Thanks science.

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