• Question: are white blood cells different in every person?

    Asked by Starfishes to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Laura Garcia Ibanez

      Laura Garcia Ibanez answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      Hi Starfishes! Every person has the same types of white blood cells. Everybody has lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils… Unless you have some disease.
      What can be different and is the reason why everybody does not respond in the same way to pathogens is the specificity of these white blood cells. For example, if when you were little you had a disease that your friend didn’t, your lymphocytes will have memory for this disease and you probably won’t get sick again. Hope this helps! Cheers! 🙂

    • Photo: Noel Carter

      Noel Carter answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      All cells are slightly different in every person. However with white blood cells some of them are even different within you- especially those that make antibodies. They have small changes in their DNA to make them make unique antibodies for the immune system.

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