Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

Published in Cell Reports, the study reveals how the molecular organization of cytotoxic T cells underpins their function, ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators made an unexpected finding about how the immune system normally suppresses inappropriate ...

People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people ...

The research group of Prof. Sanjiv Luther at the Department of Immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered ...

The immune system works to maintain homeostasis throughout the body. Various cell types and immune mechanisms work in concert to fight disease. Specifically, two waves of immunity orchestrate a robust ...

A surprising backup system in the immune response to mRNA vaccines may hold the key to more effective cancer treatments.

Men and women experience immune aging differently, affecting disease risks. New data-driven research identifies key ...

Immune cells that help to fight off foreign invaders in the body also provide crucial support for muscles during exercise, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have developed a method that reveals the cellular ...

Researchers at Hannover Medical School (MHH) have developed a method for the efficient production of human immune cells, such ...