When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. As an assistant professor of ...

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital published today in ...

Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and carboplatin versus paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line treatment for Chinese patients with ovarian cancer: A multi-center, randomized, open-label trial. This ...

In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers reviewed selected acute-phase proteins concerning their production, structure, and function. The advent of severe acute ...

Two proteins ensure that cells can take up iron when needed. If both control proteins are switched off in mice, the animals develop severe anemia, as expected. At the same time, surprisingly, a cell ...

Malaria-induced innate immune modulation of an atypical cellular population plays a substantial role in driving and maintaining immunity against malaria, a new study from scientists at Stanford ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...

Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...