Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...
Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the ...
A recent study by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo unveils the molecular mechanisms explaining why some "stealth" ...
Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...
When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in "low power" mode to preserve immune function ...
Colorectal cancer has long baffled scientists because, unlike most tumors, patients often do better when their cancers are ...
Study reveals how our immune system transforms across a lifetime—unlocking the potential for predicting disease risk and optimizing health before symptoms appear. Resource: Integrating single-cell RNA ...
Once we hit our fifties, many people notice that bouncing back from a cold or shaking off fatigue takes a little longer than it used to. That’s because our immune system naturally changes with age, ...
As humanity sets its sights on returning to the Moon and venturing to Mars, protecting the travelers who make the journey is a big challenge. A new guide to the emerging field of “astroimmunology” ...